Survey Data
Reg No
15402510
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
234656, 250009
Date Recorded
01/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1850, with return to rear (south) and a single-storey extension to the east side. Pitched natural slate roof with roughcast rendered chimneystacks to gable ends (west and east) having terracotta chimneystacks over. Roughcast rendered walls having rasied quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with moulded architrave surrounds, cut stone sills and replacement windows. Iron security bars to basement openings. Central segmental-headed doorcase having cut stone block-and-start surround, early timber panelled door set in timber frame with console brackets, and a teardrop fanlight over. Flight of seven limestone steps, flanked by rubble limestone plinth walls to either side having cut stone coping over, gives access to doorcase. Set well back from road in own grounds to the west of Mullingar with rubble stone outbuildings to the rear (south).
Appraisal
A handsome and well-proportioned middle-sized house, which retains its early form and character. The fine doorcase, retaining a teardrop fanlight and an early timber door, and the architraves to the window openings help to enliven the front façade of this building. The form of this building is rather unusual and old-fashioned for a building of its date and it has the appearance of a house dating from c.1800. The loss of the original window fittings, though regrettable, does not detract substantially from the architectural impact of this imposing building. This building is an integral element of the architectural heritage of Westmeath and occupies a commanding location in the landscape, overlooking the main Mullingar to Athlone road to the north.