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| John's Place, Birr, County Offaly
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| 14819215 |
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| Reg. No. | 14819215 |
| Date | 1780 - 1820 |
| Previous Name | N/A |
| Townland | TOWNPARKS (BB. BY.) |
| County | County Offaly |
| Coordinates | 206311, 204986 |
| Categories of Special Interest | ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICAL |
| Rating | Regional |
| Original Use | house |
| In Use As | house |
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c.1800, with flat-roofed single-bay single-storey extension above integral carriage arch to east and flat-roofed entrance bay to west. Set back from the road. Hipped slate roof with paired timber brackets, rendered chimneystacks, terracotta pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Ashlar to western extension. Timber sash windows with tooled stone sills, cast-iron bars to basement windows. Square-headed central door opening with replacement timber and glazed door with overlight, accessed by limestone steps with flanking cast-iron railings. Western extension with square-headed opening, tooled limestone doorcase with fluted Doric columns and moulded cornice, glazed and panelled timber door, accessed by steps. Square-headed door opening to basement with glazed timber door. Square-headed integral carriage arch to east with double timber battened doors. Ruled-and-lined rendered boundary wall to front with wrought- and cast-iron railings and ashlar piers with cast-iron gates.
Appraisal
Though now in a poor condition, this once elegant house retains much original fabric. The limestone doorcase is particularly notable, being unique in a streetscape of timber ones and is skillfully executed. The iron railings and ashlar gates complete the site. |
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