Survey Data
Reg No
15401115
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
236952, 262638
Date Recorded
05/11/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Attached Five-bay two-storey house, built c.1820. Now out of use. Half-hipped natural slate roof with decorative cast-iron ridge on clay tiles and two rendered brick chimneystacks to either end with tall clay pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Constructed of rubble stone with roughcast render over. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and cut stone sills. Square-headed doorcase with timber panelled door with solid panel over, probably originally an overlight. Two-storey rubble stone outbuildings with natural slate roofs, cast-iron rainwater goods and early fittings to the northeast and southeast sides form an enclosed rear courtyard. Central integral segmental-headed carriage-arch to main range to northeast with circular openings with brick surrounds over to first floor. Set back from the road in own grounds with a low stone wall with crenellated coping over and a looped wrought-iron gate to southwest. Access to the rear courtyard is through a pair of flat-bar wrought-iron gates supported on square cut stone gate posts with stone coping. Located just to the northeast of the village of Bunbrosna adjacent to main Dublin-Sligo Road.
Appraisal
An attractive middle-sized early nineteenth-century house, which retains its early form, character and fabric despite its derelict condition. The fine ranges of two-storey outbuildings to the rear, which are still in use, and the good boundary wall and wrought-iron gates add to this appealing composition and complete the setting. Though unassuming, this fine complex makes a positive contribution to the architectural heritage of the Westmeath.