Survey Data
Reg No
12401808
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Farmyard complex
In Use As
Heritage centre/interpretative centre
Date
1700 - 1839
Coordinates
236976, 156795
Date Recorded
01/01/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Farmyard complex, extant 1839, including (north): Detached two- or six-bay single-storey outbuilding on a rectangular plan. Hipped fibre-cement slate roof with lichen-spotted ridge tiles. Part repointed rubble stone walls with rough hewn rubble stone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed door openings with timber boarded double doors. Square-headed flanking window openings with sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set in grounds shared with Curragh House.
Appraisal
A farmyard complex contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Curragh House estate. NOTE: A panel (1994) commemorates the opening of the Lory Meagher Heritage Centre by President Mary Robinson (b. 1944).