Survey Data
Reg No
14912002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1710 - 1750
Coordinates
261512, 233370
Date Recorded
15/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached eight-bay three-storey house, built c.1730, with extension to rear c.1840, and single-bay extension to west and two-bay extension to east. Flanked by screen walls. Situated amongst fields with mature trees and adjacent to site of former Monasteroris monastery. Pitched slate roof, hipped to west, with rendered chimneystacks. Hipped slate roof to rear extension with rendered chimneystacks. Pebbledashed walls with limestone ogee cornice. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and timber sash windows. Round-headed door opening to front elevation with limestone architrave surround with keystone and cornice. Timber panelled door and decorative batswing fanlight. Farmyard to north-east of house with single- and two-storey outbuildings with pitched and hipped slate roofs, and roughcast rendered walls. Outbuildings to north of yard with limestone flat arches to window and door openings. Walled garden to west of house. Gate lodge to south-west of house.
Appraisal
Monasteroris is an early eighteenth-century house, and although it has been extended and altered, it retains its imposing symmetrical façade. Architectural features such as the limestone door surround, tall pitched slate roof and diminishing window size and six-over-six timber sash windows with exposed window boxes are typical of architecture of this period and contribute to the architectural significance and character of the house. Located north-west of Edenderry, Monasteroris is positioned adjacent to a ruined mill and windmill and on the former lands of a monastery. The former monastery was a large important ecclesiastical complex serviced by the ruined mill, and its remains contribute an archaeological interest to the site. The gate lodge, entrance gates, walled garden and yard provide a suitable setting for Monasteroris.