Survey Data
Reg No
16404303
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Country house
Date
1750 - 1770
Coordinates
301146, 170762
Date Recorded
12/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached seven-bay two and a half-storey over basement country house, built c.1760. The country house is finished part in render and part in vertical hung slate. There is a two-storey three-bay canted breakfront to the centre of the south-east front elevation. The panelled timber door has stone dressings and is surmounted by a pediment. Window openings are flat-headed with six over six timber sash frames. There are symmetrically arranged farm ranges, now part ruinous, to either side of the front elevation. The country house is set on a slight rise overlooking the main road.
Appraisal
Unusual mid to late 18th-century gentleman's country house with now ruinous Palladian style "pavilion" outbuildings. One of the most distinctive of the "middle-size" class of country houses in County Wicklow. The slate hung surface finish shows bullet holes from the 1798 Rebellion.