Survey Data
Reg No
13401108
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
234799, 278277
Date Recorded
15/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings arranged around a courtyard to the rear (northwest) of Toneen Lodge (13401109), built c. 1880, comprising multiple-bay single-storey stable block to the southwest, six-bay two-storey block to the northwest, and a four-bay single-storey stable block to the northeast. Cast-iron plaque to two-storey block having shamrock motif, raised lettering reading ‘National’, and date ‘1829’. Hipped natural slate roof to two-storey block, pitched slate roofs to single-storey blocks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick chimneystack to the southwest range. Roughcast rendered finish over rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings to two-storey block with limestone sills and timber louvered vents. Square-headed doorways and loading bays with battened timber doors. Segmental-headed carriage arch to the southwest end. Square-headed window openings to single-storey blocks having metal fittings. Square-headed door openings with timber battened and metal half-doors. Entrance to courtyard to the southeast corner of complex. Located to the northwest of Toneen Lodge (13401109), and to the southeast of Granard.
Appraisal
This complex of utilitarian outbuildings, associated with Toneen Lodge (13401109), retains its early form, fabric and character. This complex survives in good condition and represents an increasingly rare example of an intact complex of mid-to-late nineteenth-century farm outbuildings arranged around a courtyard. The rubble stone construction and the lack of detailing gives this complex a vaguely vernacular appearance. The scale of these buildings provides an interesting historical insight into the resources required to run and maintain a small country estate/large farm in Ireland during the second half of the nineteenth century. The cast-iron plaque to the wall of the two-storey outbuilding is an unusual feature, and maybe an example of an early fire insurance disk. The 1829 date to this plaque pre-dates the construction of the buildings (map information, not on 1838 map). This simple but extensive complex forms an important part of a group of related structures along with Toneen Lodge (13401109), and makes a positive contribution to the rural landscape to the southeast of Granard.