Survey Data
Reg No
41307001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Glenmount
Original Use
House
In Use As
Nursing/convalescence home
Date
1870 - 1900
Coordinates
271278, 321340
Date Recorded
14/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-storey three-bay house, built c.1880, with canted bays to ground level, single-bay two-storey lean-to return and single-storey flat-roof extension to rear, in use as rehabilitation centre. Hipped slate roof with centred yellow brick chimneystacks with moulded brick copings. Roofs to bay windows concealed by moulded cornice course. Replacement rainwater goods. Smooth rendered painted walls with painted block-and-start quoins, projecting plinth course to front and side elevations. Square-headed window openings to canted bays, segmental-arch window openings to first floor, with painted sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening with rendered architrave surround with console brackets surmounted by moulded lintel, and having timber panelled door with brass door furniture and glazed overlight. Set within own grounds with associated single-storey outbuildings. House is one of three out-of-town Victorian dwellings on Monaghan Road north-west of Ballybay town.
Appraisal
This house is typical of suburban dwellings of the turn of the twentieth century. It displays many features of the era, such as canted bay windows. The rigidly symmetrical appearance gives the building a strong architectural character which is enhanced by the pleasant moulded details of the ground floor openings.