Survey Data
Reg No
21824082
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
146597, 146164
Date Recorded
01/11/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1830, with flat-roofed single-bay single-storey porch to front (north) elevation. Pitched thatched overhanging roof with red brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with replacement timber windows. Square-headed opening to porch with replacement uPVC door. Rubble stone boundary wall with barrel-top piers and cast-iron gate to pedestrian entrance.
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.