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The Cedars

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The Cedars
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Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, with three-bay two-storey extension and carriage arch to west. Set back from the road. Pitched tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast render to walls. Replacement uPVC windows with painted sills. Round-headed door opening with…

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Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, with three-bay two-storey extension and carriage arch to west. Set back from the road. Pitched tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast render to walls. Replacement uPVC windows with painted sills. Round-headed door opening with stucco surround, timber spider web fanlight and timber panelled door with tooled stone threshold. Square-headed door opening with overlight and timber panelled door to west. Set within its own grounds with ruled-and-lined rendered wall having cut stone coping and cast-iron gate to front of site. Octagonal-profile tooled limestone piers give access to the rear site.
Set within its own grounds, this structure is an impressive feature on the streetscape. The extension to the west gives the facade a lengthy profile which is broken by a simply decorated door entrance. The finely tooled threshold and gate piers are pleasant examples of stonemasonry and adds character to the overall appearance of the house.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14818015

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  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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  • Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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