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The Grange in Lacka

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The Grange in Lacka
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Originally country house; recorded by the architectural inventory as house
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Detached three-bay two-storey double-pile house, built in 1828, having bows to front (south) elevation end bays and canted three-bay single-storey entrance bay. Lean-to conservatory to west elevation and lean-to extensions to rear (north) elevation. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, render eaves course…

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Detached three-bay two-storey double-pile house, built in 1828, having bows to front (south) elevation end bays and canted three-bay single-storey entrance bay. Lean-to conservatory to west elevation and lean-to extensions to rear (north) elevation. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, render eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered parapet having cornice to front elevation. Roughcast rendered walls, render balustrades to entrance bay and render plinth course. Square-headed openings to bows, those to first floor with painted sills and tripartite six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows having flanking two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Those to ground floor with nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and flanking three-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to centre-bay first floor having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window. Square-headed opening to west elevation, first floor with double-leaf glazed doors and cast-iron balcony. Square-headed opening to entrance bay having glazed overlight over half-glazed timber panelled door with flanking sidelights. Three-bay two-storey outbuilding with lean-to to north, having pitched slate roof and rubble limestone walls with cast-iron ties. Square-headed openings to first floor having timber lintels, concrete sills and timber casement windows. Elliptical-headed carriage arches with brick voussoirs and timber battened double-leaf doors. Pair of square-profile roughly dressed limestone piers to south-east cut limestone caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates.
The full-height bows add interest and individuality to the façade of this house. The tripartite diminishing windows and central doorcase show the influence of classical architecture. The house forms an interesting part of the architectural heritage of the local area.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21807037

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • SirGarick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Discover Lough Derg, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Antony Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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