Survey Data
Reg No
15400714
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
245088, 267864
Date Recorded
06/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house built c.1820. Hipped natural slate roof with projecting eaves course and a pair of ashlar limestone chimneystacks to the centre having terracotta chimney pots over. Smooth rendered walls with square-headed window openings having cut stone sills. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to the ground floor openings and three-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor openings. Central round-headed doorcase, set within elliptical recess, having cut limestone Doric surround, timber double doors and a fanlight over. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds with main entrance gates to the south and a complex of rubble limestone outbuildings to the rear (northwest). Located to the southwest of Castlepollard.
Appraisal
A highly appealing and well-proportioned middle-sized house, of early-nineteen century appearance, which retains its early form, character and early fabric. The front façade of this fine structure is enriched by the very good quality limestone doorcase, which is of artistic merit. This doorcase is of an unusual design and is set slightly uncomfortably within an elliptical recess, hinting that it may have been added later. This structure is unusually grand for a building of this type and must have been built by someone of note within the local area. Grangestown House is an interesting element in the rural landscape to the southwest of Castlepollard and is an important addition to the architectural heritage of the area.