Survey Data
Reg No
15402912
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Farmyard complex
In Use As
Stables
Date
1800 - 1870
Coordinates
210635, 243178
Date Recorded
10/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Complex of two-storey outbuildings and a stable block, arranged around two courtyards to the rear of Twyford House (15402911), built c.1820 and extended c.1850. Yards are linked by a segmental-headed carriage arch to the centre of the party range. Pitched and hipped natural slate roofs, now partially collapsed in places, having remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls, now failing in places exposing rubble stone construction beneath with brick dressings to the openings. Square-headed window and door openings to the ground floor with remains of cast-iron windows and timber sheeted doors. Segmental-headed carriage arches to a number of the ranges, a number having wrought-iron gates. Lunette openings to first floor, now missing early fittings. Square-headed loading bays to the first floor on a number of ranges. Located to the north of Twyford House and to the east of Athlone.
Appraisal
An unusually extensive complex of two-storey outbuildings associated with Twyford House (15402911), which retains its early form and character. As is often the case with country houses in County Westmeath the stables and outbuildings are much more extensive than the house itself, and in this case makes a fine composition. This complex appears to date from the early nineteenth-century but a number of the ranges were added c.1850 (1837 map). Although these ancillary structures are quite humble in form, the lunette windows/openings to the first floor openings give a more formal architectural character. These outbuildings form part of an interesting pair of related buildings with the house (15402911) to the south and is an important element of the architectural heritage of Westmeath.