Survey Data
Reg No
12802950
Rating
National
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical
Previous Name
Abbeyleix House
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1770 - 1780
Coordinates
242258, 182967
Date Recorded
23/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached seven-bay three-storey over basement Classical style country house with dormer attic, begun 1773, with pedimented breakfront having cut stone Doric doorcase to ground floor. Five-bay elevation to garden front with breakfront having cut sandstone doorcase and Wyatt style window openings to flanking bays. Two-bay single-storey wing to west, renovated c. 1840, with façade enrichments added. Extended to west, post-1902, comprising seven-bay single-storey wing with breakfront having three-bay advanced centre bay. Balustraded forecourt, c. 1840, to north. Formal gardens, post-1839, to south comprising series of artificial terraces with balustrades, flights of steps and ha-has.