Survey Data
Reg No
14943009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
216390, 193153
Date Recorded
25/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1780, with four-bay return to rear. House flanked by screen walls with arched openings. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls to front and rubble stone to rear. Square-headed window openings to front elevation with uPVC windows and tooled limestone sills. Round-headed window opening to entrance bay. Red brick window reveals to rear. Round-headed door opening with timber battened door and spoked fanlight. Single- and two-storey outbuildings to yard with random coursed walls, pitched corrugated-iron roof and flat arched window openings. Slit windows, carriage arch openings and pigeon holes to outbuilding. Walled garden to south of house with two-stage tower. House accessed through rendered piers and wrought-iron gate.
Appraisal
The early form of Summerhill House with its steeply pitched roof, chimneystacks located over gable end walls and symmetrical façade contributes to its architectural significance and makes it a valuable addition to the built heritage of County Offaly. The outbuildings are notable for their unusual features including the pigeon holes, slit windows and flat arched openings and together with the walled garden and tower contribute to the setting of the farmhouse.