Survey Data
Reg No
11804052
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
300457, 235576
Date Recorded
10/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay single-storey mono-pitched rubble stone outbuilding with attic, c.1780, with single-bay single-storey advanced end bay to right (north-east). Mono-pitched roof with slate (continuing down over advanced end bay in form of lean-to). Rendered coping to ridge. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990. Random rubble stone walls. Cut-stone stringcourse. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. 6/6 timber sash windows (fixed-pane timber windows to side elevation to north-east). Square-headed door opening. Timber panelled door. Set back from road in grounds shared with Leixlip Castle.
Appraisal
This outbuilding is an attractive long, low rubble stone range that forms an integral component of the Leixlip Castle estate. The building is of some social and historical significance, attesting to the expansion of the estate in the late eighteenth century. The rubble stone construction is a feature shared in common with further buildings in the grounds and is representative of the traditional economic method of building at the time. Well-maintained, the outbuilding retains much of its original form and character.