Survey Data
Reg No
15401914
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1770 - 1780
Coordinates
241172, 255855
Date Recorded
12/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached six-bay two-storey house, dated 1779. Possibly containing the fabric of an earlier structure. Pitched natural slate roof having two rubble stone chimneystacks with terracotta chimney pots over, one chimneystack to the east gable end and one close to the centre. Constructed of roughcast render over rubble limestone walling. Square-headed window openings having stone surrounds, cut stone sills and replacement windows. Round-headed door opening with cut stone block-and-start surround having dated lintel, blocks to base, and a timber-panelled door having fanlight over with interesting tracery. Set back from road in extensive grounds with gravel forecourt to south flanked by single-storey rubble limestone outbuildings with further outbuildings to the west. Site is bounded to road edge by rubble stone boundary wall having rubble stone entrance piers with wrought-iron gates. Located to the northwest of Mullingar adjacent to the shores of Lough Owel (north).
Appraisal
A substantial two-storey house, which retains an immense charm and character despite the recent loss of the original windows. This interesting house, which is almost vernacular in appearance, has some noteworthy features; including a good quality dated doorcase and flush cut limestone surrounds to the window openings. The arrangement of outbuildings to the front of this house is an unusual feature, which together with the substantial chimneystack to the gable end and the unusually long (former) approach avenue to the southeast, hints that this structure may contain earlier fabric. Indeed, a 'castle' is recorded at Tullaghan in the Down Survey (1654-1656) and it is possible that this building may incorporate the fabric of this 'castle' or perhaps a later structure. This modest entrance gates and the substantial collection of outbuildings, completes this composition, which is very pleasantly situated on the shores of Lough Owel.