Survey Data
Reg No
15403813
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Ardnaglue Cottage
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
235963, 234697
Date Recorded
04/11/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house on L-shaped plan, built c.1900, having a projecting single-storey porch to the centre of the main elevation (north). Pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks having terracotta chimney pots over and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Lean-to roof over porch. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with brick block-and-start surrounds, cut stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to projecting porch with brick surrounds and a timber sheeted door (with herringbone design) with plain overlight above. Set back from road in mature grounds with gravel forecourt to the north. Single-storey rubble limestone outbuilding to the northwest of house, adjacent to main entrance. Rubble limestone gate piers (on circular plan) having a wrought-iron flat bar gate gives access to outbuilding from the south. Main entrance gates (to the house) to the north comprising a pair of rusticated limestone gate piers (on square-plan having rusticated limestone coping over) supporting a pair of decorative wrought-iron gates. Located to the southeast of Kilbeggan.
Appraisal
An appealing small-scale house, which retains its original form and massing, together with most of the original fabric. The detailing of this building is typical of the period of construction. The simple brick surrounds to the openings create an attractive visual contrast with the plain roughcast rendered walls. The rusticated gate piers and wrought-iron gate to the north are of artistic merit and add to the group value of this structure. well-maintained, this modest building retains its character and makes a positive and unassuming contribution to the historic character of the rural landscape to the east of Kilbeggan. The rubble limestone outbuilding and vernacular gates to the northwest add to the setting and complete this good composition. This house is built on the site of an earlier house (map 1837) and may incorporate some of the fabric of this earlier building. The outbuilding to the northwest originally served this earlier house.