Survey Data
Reg No
20901706
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1740 - 1760
Coordinates
158179, 112707
Date Recorded
11/10/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay three-storey house over basement, built c. 1750, having two-bay two-storey over basement return to north end of rear, and two lean-to additions with recent single-storey extension also attached to rear. Hipped slate roof, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with cut limestone cornice and chamfered quoins. Square-headed window openings throughout, with limestone sills, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to ground and first floors, and smaller square-headed openings to second floor having six-over-three-pane timber sliding sash windows. Nine-over-six pane and six-over six pane timber sliding sash windows to return. Square-headed entrance doorway with Gibbsian limestone surround and moulded cornice, having timber panelled double-leaf doors and rectangular overlight with fanlight tracery, flanked by blind sidelights and approached by limestone steps. Inserted armorial limestone plaque over door dated 1595 and 1693. Additional plaque adjacent, taken from Pennywell house, Limerick. Set in mature parkland landscape. Tree-lined avenue with remains of entrance to south. Former school and derelict row of single-storey houses opposite entrance.
Appraisal
This is an appealing example of a well-proportioned mid-eighteenth-century country house, built by the Harold Barry family. Its substantial size and classical style give this building an imposing presence enhanced by its setting in a mature parkland and planting. It retains much historic fabric such as its sash windows and cut limestone details, and panelled timber door. The continuity of ownership by the Harold Barry family adds to its important as part of the historical landscape of the area. The attendant farm buildings to the north add context to the house.