The Beeches — Monaghan

The saved account records: House situated in lawned garden surrounded by mature trees with winding hard surfaced avenue leading from entrance gateway in snecked squared rubble stone garden wall with wrought-iron double-leaf gate set to square-plan dressed limestone piers having pyramidal stone caps.

The saved account records: Detached three-bay two-storey house, dated 1877, having projecting lean-to porch, box-bay to west elevation, single-bay two-storey pitched roofed extension to rear of west elevation and two-bay two-storey catslide extension to east side of north elevation.

The saved account records: Further single-storey lean-to extensions and brick wall enclose small rear yard.

The saved account records: Flemish-bonded red brick walls, with chamfered sandstone square-headed band incorporating window heads to first floor windows at west end of front, latter having pointed polychrome brick relieving arches over and with tumbled brick to panels beneath arches.

The Beeches — Monaghan matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This very intact late nineteenth-century dwelling displays many of the architectural innovations and details of the Victorian architect. The use of brick, in various colours, to provide pleasant colour contrasts, various forms of window and door heads, and decoratively presented bargeboards, and the varied roof forms, all create visual interest. The well-wrought entrance door and the retention of it and other external joinery enhances the heritage value of the building. Design quality and excellent craftsmanship are evident throughout the building. The setting, with mature gardens, provides appropriate context… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.