Historic building in Robertstown East

Attached two-bay two-storey rubble stone building, c.1850, probably originally detached retaining early aspect with door opening to first floor to side elevation to north-west. Now disused. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Rendered coping to gables. Red brick course to eaves with traces of render over. No rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls with traces of render over. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Red brick dressings. Timber casement windows (glazing now missing). Square-headed door openings to side elevation to north-west (one to first floor). Red brick dressings. Timber lintels. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Set back from bank of Grand Canal on grass verge. Gravel lane/drive to north-west and to north-east.

This building, the original purpose of which is unknown (it is reputed to have been a former school, although it appears to be a small-scale industrial warehouse, as supported by the door opening to first floor, possibly a loading door), is a fine rubble stone structure that forms a prominent landmark on the bank of the Grand Canal. The scale of the building ensures that it is the dominant presence over the thatched cottage adjacent to the south-east (11806008/KD-13-06-08), although it forms a neat and attractive group with that lower range. The building, although now disused and in the early stages of dereliction, retains much of its original character. Most of the original features and materials also survive intact, including fenestration (with the glazing now missing), door furniture and a slate roof.