Survey Data
Reg No
20836019
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1780 - 1800
Coordinates
118063, 30979
Date Recorded
10/07/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached six-bay two-storey country house, built c.1790. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks having clayware pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Slate hanging to walls. Square-headed openings with limestone sills and timber sliding sash windows, in six-over-six arrangement to first floor and nine-over-six to ground floor. Round-headed door opening with engaged columns flanking timber glazed double leaf doors and sidelights, with fanlight above. Ranges of buildings attached to rear.
Appraisal
Retaining much of its historic fabric intact, this country house makes a fine addition to the architectural heritage. It is particularly notable for its slate hanging, once a characteristic feature of the county but now sadly increasingly rare. Drishane House is best known for its associations with the writing partnership Somerville and Ross. It was the family home of Edith Somerville (1858-1949) at which her cousin Violet Martin (1862-1915) who wrote under the name Martin Ross, was a regular visitor. They are best known for their collaboration 'The Irish R.M' and 'The Real Charlotte'.