Survey Data
Reg No
15403306
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Stables
In Use As
Stables
Date
1800 - 1830
Coordinates
244045, 244607
Date Recorded
20/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Complex of multi-bay two-storey stable buildings/outbuildings arranged around a central courtyard to the northeast of Dunboden Park (15403303), built c.1815, with an advanced entrance bay (with segmental-headed carriage arch) to the centre of the west-facing range having a crenellated parapet and bellcote over. Now in use as agricultural outbuildings. Hipped natural slate roofs with a projecting eaves course and remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Built of coursed limestone rubble with cut stone dressings to the openings. Ashlar limestone construction to advanced entrance bay. Square-headed doorcases with timber sheeted doors. Lunette window openings to first floor on east range. Segmental-headed carriage arches with dressed voussoirs, a number having timber sheeted double doors. Set well back from road in extensive mature demesne grounds with remains of former walled garden to the south. Located to the northwest of Rochfortbridge and to the south of Mullingar.
Appraisal
A remarkably fine complex of ancillary structures/stable block associated with Dunboden Park (15403303), which retains its early form, character and the majority of its important early fabric. This handsome complex gives an indication of the original quality of the now ruinous house to the southwest. The lunette/half-moon shaped window openings to the range to the east are an interesting feature that lends this complex a distinctive character. This complex provides an interesting historical insight into the extensive resources required to run and maintain a large-scale country house in Ireland during the nineteenth century. This stable block now form part of an important group of associated structures within this former great demesne and is a worthy addition to the built heritage of Westmeath in its own right.