Survey Data
Reg No
15502070
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Westland Cottage
Original Use
Outbuilding
Date
1883 - 1903
Coordinates
304067, 121688
Date Recorded
06/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay single-storey outbuilding, extant 1903, on a rectangular plan. In alternative use, 1989-2004. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered red or yellow brick Flemish bond walls. Square-headed carriageway (west) with concealed lintel framing timber boarded double doors having overlight. Square-headed door opening (east) with concealed lintel framing timber boarded door having overlight. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Westlands.
Appraisal
An outbuilding surviving as an interesting relic of the Westlands estate following the demolition (1993) of the eponymous house occupied (1885) by Major James Gaven (d. 1886; Bassett 1885, 129) and later by Michael J. O'Connor (d. 1937) and Fintan Michael O'Connor (d. 1979) (cf. 15502069 - 15502070)