Survey Data
Reg No
11804059
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
300464, 235612
Date Recorded
10/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with half-attic, c.1780, with single-bay double-height lean-to lower entrance bay to right having square-headed integral carriageway. Renovated, c.1970. Gable-ended and hipped roof with slate (continuing into lean-to over entrance bay to right). Clay ridge tiles. Square rooflights, c.1970. Remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings (slit-style). Replacement fixed-pane windows, c.1970. Square-headed integral carriageway. Replacement glazed timber boarded doors, c.1970. Set back from road in grounds shared with Leixlip Castle.
Appraisal
This outbuilding is an attractive 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, while replacement materials have been installed without adversely affecting the original integrity of the composition.