Survey Data
Reg No
22207401
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Clonbeg Police Barrack
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1840
Coordinates
189904, 130562
Date Recorded
29/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached seven-bay single-storey house, built c. 1790, having two-bay two-storey nineteenth-century projecting block built c.1820 onto rear half of house, having crenellations to front elevation and giving appearance of tower house. Pitched slate roof to front block with terracotta ridge tiles and red brick and rendered chimneystacks projecting from gables of front block. Pitched slate roof and red brick crenellations to higher block. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls to front block and lined-and-ruled render over coursed rubble sandstone walls to higher block with carved limestone shield plaque. Square-headed timer sliding sash windows to front block, six-over-six pane to end bays and four-over-four pane flanking doorway, all with painted sills. Square-headed windows to higher block, having single-pane glazing to front and timber sliding sash one-over-one pane and six-over-six pane windows to other elevations. Round-headed door opening with plain fanlight in moulded surround and timber panelled door with carved limestone steps. Multiple-bay two-storey partly ruinous outbuilding to north-west having remains of hipped slate roof with rubble sandstone chimneystacks and coursed rubble sandstone walls with remains of painted render. Coursed rubble sandstone walled garden to rear. Pair of yew trees to front of house. Square-profile piers with decorative double-leaf cast-iron gates having pair of painted sandstone stiles and sweeping sandstone walls terminating in second pair of piers.
Appraisal
Set in a mature landscape, this simple Georgian house, which retains much of its original form and structure, is enlivened by the Gothic Revival addition to the rear. The addition is a fine example of the nineteenth century penchant for dramatic architecture which looms above the classically-inspired original house. The house is a reminder of the evolving styles and tastes from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century. The site retains its substantial outbuilding and walled garden which provides context. The piers are especially well crafted with matching stiles and ornate cast-iron gates which enhance the setting of the house.