Survey Data
Reg No
21824080
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
Restaurant
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
146622, 146168
Date Recorded
01/11/2008
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey thatched house, built c. 1830. Hipped and pitched thatched roof, overhanging with red brick chimneystack. Rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with timber casement windows, timber lintels, red brick block-and-start surrounds and relieving arches. Square-headed opening with timber battened door, timber lintel and red brick block-and-start surround and relieving arch. Rubble stone boundary wall with square-profile barrelled piers and cast-iron gate.
Appraisal
This terrace of thatched cottages is an unusual example of the English picturesque style in Ireland. These cottages were built outside the gates of Adare Manor at the beginning of the nineteenth century to replace a collection of earlier cottages. The terrace is a highly recognisable feature within the town, which is famous for these thatched houses. They form a group with the nearby structures on the Dunraven estate. Together these structures add much to the site next to the main entrance to Adare Manor. This example retains notable features such as the red brick surrounds, timber windows and overhanging roof.