Survey Data
Reg No
14916032
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Boathouse
Date
1730 - 1780
Coordinates
230913, 224220
Date Recorded
15/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Former boathouse, built c.1770, within the demesne of Charleville Castle. Segmental-headed arched opening with random coursed limestone walls flanking entrance. Stone barrel-vaulted internal roof. Blocked square-headed opening to rear. Lake has been drained.
Appraisal
This stone vaulted boathouse stands on the edge of a small wooded hill in the north-west corner of Charleville Castle. Built of a simple rubble vault into the side of a hill and covered with soil it remains as an important reminder of a large artificial lake on which this boathouse stood. The lake no longer remains and has not been present since the first Ordnance Survey in 1838.