Survey Data
Reg No
11902601
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
Date
1750 - 1790
Coordinates
265510, 208290
Date Recorded
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Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1770, with round-headed door opening to centre, two-bay two-storey return to rear to north-east and single-bay single-storey rubble stone return with half-attic to north-west possibly originally outbuilding. Now disused and part derelict. Gable-ended roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered red brick chimney stacks. Remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves band. Rendered walls over rubble stone construction (part exposed to return to north-west). Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Remains of 2/2 timber sash windows. Round-headed door opening. Door now gone. Spoked fanlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds.
Appraisal
Clonegath House is a fine, late eighteenth-century substantial farmhouse that, although disused and in poor repair, retains many of its early features and much of its original character. Composed on a symmetrical plan centred about a round-headed door opening the entrance (south) front displays Classical proportions and stark detailing that is typical of many houses of this period. Although in an advanced state of dereliction, the house has been little altered over the centuries and retains early salient features, including timber sash fenestration, a spoked fanlight to the door opening, together with a slate roof having cast-iron rainwater goods. The house is attractively set in open parkland (possibly originally landscaped) and is a prominent feature in the locality.