Survey Data
Reg No
14904015
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
259921, 235554
Date Recorded
21/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with return to rear and lean-to extension to north. Hipped slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks. Pebbledashed walls. Square-headed window openings with timber sash windows and limestone sills. Round-headed door opening with tooled limestone block-and-start surround with patera to keystone, spoked fanlight and a replacement uPVC door. Square-headed door opening to rear with a tooled limestone block-and-start surround and a timber battened door. Single- and two-storey outbuildings to partially cobbled rear yard with pitched slate roofs and carriage arch openings. Cast-iron pedestrian gate to front site. Rendered quadrant walls to road.
Appraisal
The fine tooled limestone door surround on the front elevation of Roosk House contributes to the structure's significance and adds an artistic importance to the house. The door surround is of a higher quality than is typically found on farmhouses of this size and age with a well executed keystone and patera enlivening the otherwise unadorned elevation. The outbuildings and partially cobbled yard provide a fitting setting for the house and together this group of structures contribute to the architectural heritage of County Offaly.