Survey Data
Reg No
13900902
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Avonmore
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
320619, 310639
Date Recorded
03/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, smooth rendered corbelled chimneystacks, moulded cast-iron gutters to overhanging eaves with painted timber sheeted soffit supported on paired timber brackets, uPVC downpipes. Unpainted smooth rendered walling, raised block-and-start quoins, painted to north elevation. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening, painted timber architrave comprising slender pilasters with moulded panels supporting moulded cornice, sidelights, painted timber four-panel door, plain-glazed fanlight, granite step. Set in own grounds, surrounded by large garden, bitumen surfaced drive leading to road, coursed rubble stone boundary wall, timber fence to east, smooth rendered square gate piers with pyramidal caps to north-east, wrought-iron gates.
Appraisal
Avonmore House is a handsome example of a middle-sized country house dating from the second half of the nineteenth century. Classically-proportioned, its restrained front elevation is enlivened by the bracketed eaves and by the handsome classical doorcase. Located on the old road to Carlingford, it is a valuable part of the heritage town's architectural legacy.