The Old League House, County Kilkenny

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Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1850. In use as Land League house, 1881-1979. Subsequently returned to residential use, post-1979. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having saw tooth detailing, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having iron ties. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls over random rubble stone construction (exposed random rubble stone construction to side (south) elevation) with inscribed cut-marble plaque, raised lettering to first floor, S-profile iron tie bars, and rendered strips to ends to rear (east) elevation. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with glazed tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from road in own grounds with unpainted roughcast boundary wall to perimeter of site.

A small-scale house of modest architectural pretensions forming an important element of the architectural heritage of Windgap on account of associations with the Land League movement in the late nineteenth century. Although now disused having been historically well maintained to present an early aspect the house makes a pleasing impression on the visual appeal of the locality.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12319001

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