Survey Data
Reg No
14911010
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Worker's house
In Use As
House
Date
1630 - 1670
Coordinates
252098, 232037
Date Recorded
22/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Ranges of two-storey terraced cottages and outbuildings, built c.1650, within former Toberdaly House demesne, with two projecting ranges to south. Pitched slate, tiled and corrugated-iron roofs. With stone and rendered chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Variety of wall finishes; smooth render, random coursed stone, roughcast render and ashlar stone walls to southern range. Variety of window openings. Northern ranges with half-dormers with uPVC windows, stone sills and yellow brick surrounds. Round-headed window opening to projecting southern range with tooled stone surround, stone sill and timber battened shutters. Square-headed opening to southern range with uPVC window, tooled block-and-start surround and stone sill. Variety of door and carriage openings. Segmental-headed carriage arches to southern range with timber battened double doors. Square-headed door openings to southern range with block-and-start tooled limestone surrounds, stone thresholds and timber battened doors. Square-headed door openings to north within projecting gable-fronted porches with replacement uPVC door and timber panelled doors.
Appraisal
These terraced cottages and outbuildings, situated within Toberdaly House demesne, were built to accommodate the workers of a large estate and though Toberdaly House and the walled gardens associated with it are in a ruinous state and no longer in use, these structures continue in domestic use. With the varied window and door openings and fine stone detailing, seen especially in the southern outbuildings, these structures are important to the heritage of County Offaly.