Tullynally Castle

Two detached lean-to green houses associated with Tullynally Castle (15400321), built c.1820. Previously used for growing peaches and grapes. Built against a brick wall and south facing. Timber-framed with cast-iron fittings, supported on low rendered plinth wall, and retaining early glass panels. Square-headed door openings to either end (east and west) having glazed timber doors. Evidence of early heating mechanism to interiors. Located within former kitchen garden (15400322) to the west of Tullynally Castle.

An interesting pair of early nineteenth-century glass houses, which retain their early fabric and form. They are typical examples of glass houses built before the development of iron green houses in the mid nineteenth-century and are now increasingly rare survivals. These functional structures originally formed part of a larger group of glass houses of which only these two examples survive. They were originally used to grow peaches and grapes and form part of an important group of structures within the Tullynally demesne and give an interesting insight into the extensive resources required to maintain a large country estate at the time. The survival of early heating mechanisms to the interiors is of technical merit.