Survey Data
Reg No
13402328
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
219923, 260307
Date Recorded
24/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached corner-sited three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800 and altered c. 1860, having single-storey outbuildings abutting to both gable ends (northeast and west). Pitched natural slate roof with raised rendered verges to gable ends (northeast and southwest), a central pair of rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots over, and having cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls over smooth rendered plinth course; smooth rendered strips to corners of front elevation. Square-headed window openings with painted tooled limestone sills and smooth rendered reveals; openings now blocked with sheet metal fittings. Central segmental-headed door opening to main elevation (southwest) with timber panelled door, tooled limestone plinth blocks, teardrop fanlight over, and having flanking sidelights with diamond and circle tracery/motifs. Single-storey outbuildings to either side having corrugated-metal roofs, pebbledashed walls and square-headed window and door openings. Roof to outbuilding to the northeast now collapsing; chamfered corner to the southwest corner of outbuilding to the west. Rubble stone boundary wall to west end of outbuilding to the west, rendered boundary wall to the northeast end of outbuilding to the northeast. Set slightly back from road, at an angle to the road alignment, directly onto village green in the centre of Taghshinny.
Appraisal
Although now out of use, this interesting and well-proportioned two-storey house retains much of its early character and form. It also retains much of its early fabric including a natural slate roof and tracery to the fanlight and sidelights. The symmetrical front elevation with central segmental-headed doorway lends this building a muted classical character. The good quality segmental-headed doorcase provides a central focus and adds decorative interest to this otherwise plain building. This doorcase may be a later addition, perhaps added during the mid-nineteenth century. The location of this building, which fronts onto the former fair green in Taghshinny, hints that it may have had a use in addition as a private dwelling (perhaps as an inn or hotel, or connected in some way to the Gore family (Barons Annaly) of nearby Tennalick House). This building is an integral element of the built heritage of Longford, adding historic appeal to the Taghshinny area. Sensitively restored, this building would make a very positive contribution to the visual appeal of the village.