Survey Data
Reg No
13901823
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Clonmore Hill
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
311042, 288646
Date Recorded
27/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820. Gable-fronted porch to south, single-storey wings to east and west. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered chimneystack, half-circular cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves course, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted roughcast-rendered walling, painted smooth rendered block-and-start quoins and flat band plinth. Square-headed window openings, painted patent reveals, painted stone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows, no horns; four-over-four horizontal sliding sash window and four-over-two sliding sash window to west wing. Square-headed door opening to painted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined gable-fronted porch, painted timber door with five flat panels, plain-glazed overlight, accessed via flight of nine limestone steps flanked by cast-iron railings. Stone outbuildings to north surrounding yard; pitched slate roofs, random rubble stone walling, square-headed window and door openings, red brick surrounds. House situated in own grounds, facing bitumen surfaced drive to south leading to road; accessed through rock-faced granite gate piers, shallow pyramidal caps.
Appraisal
Clonmore Hill House is an interesting example of a farm house dating from the early decades of the nineteenth century. Although of modest size the house is graced by a fine entrance stairway and the survival of the early fenestration is of particular note. The slightly off centre chimneystack demonstrates a certain naivety, which adds to its charm. The design of the house exploits its geography to create a house of unexpected drama in a restricted location, the retention of the stone farm buildings to the rear add to the original site context, creating a group of architecturally important structures.