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Tarbrook House

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Tarbrook House
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Originally country house; recorded by the architectural inventory as house
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Detached three-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1870, having two-storey addition and two-storey extension to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and rendered chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to addition with timber bargeboards and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls.…

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Detached three-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1870, having two-storey addition and two-storey extension to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and rendered chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to addition with timber bargeboards and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Elliptical-headed opening with fanlight over replacement half-glazed door and sidelights. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding abutting south elevation. Pitched slate roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings. Four-bay single-storey outbuilding to south having pitched slate roof. Roughcast rendered walls with render strip quoins. Square-headed openings, some with remains of two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings with metal half-doors. Eight-bay single-storey outbuilding to south with gable to centre-bay. Pitched corrugated-iron roof. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings, some having brick surrounds. Pair of round-profile cast-iron piers with double-leaf cast-iron gates. Spear-headed cast-iron railings to site.
This modest house retains much of its original form despite additions to the rear. The house represents the enduring popularity of the simple three-bay two-storey architectural form over the centuries. The outbuildings are particularly interesting and contribute to the setting of the site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21828028

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • PAUL FARMER, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • SteveODowd, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg : Cayambe derivative work: Ginkgotree ( talk ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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