Survey Data
Reg No
20904606
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Farmyard complex
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
195714, 93987
Date Recorded
20/09/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Farmyard complex, built c. 1800, comprising walled garden to north, piggery to east, outbuilding to west and courtyard to south-west. Three-bay two-storey outbuilding to north with single-bay single-storey lean-to addition, having pitched slate roof, roughcast rendered rubble sandstone walls, square-headed window and door openings, windows having render sills, fixed timber fittings to first floor, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window to ground floor, square-headed bipartite two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to lean-to with render sill, and square-headed door openings, some with timber battened double-leaf doors. Two-bay single-storey roofless piggery with sandstone walls, and elliptical-arched vehicular entrances with roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs. Courtyard has west and north ranges. Single-bay two-storey west range with dormer opening and single-bay single-storey extension to north elevation, having half-hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack, pitched slate roof to extension, coursed rubble sandstone walls, square-headed timber battened doors, and segmental-headed opening to extension having roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs and render surround. Three-bay single-storey north range having pitched slate roof, rubble sandstone walls, square-headed door and window openings, with some timber battened doors. Rubble sandstone square-profile piers with double-leaf cast-iron gates to west of courtyard. Double-leaf spear-headed cast-iron gates to east of courtyard. Walled garden to north having coursed rubble sandstone walls, with segmental-arched vehicular entrance with cut sandstone voussoirs and keystone with inscribed date of 1830, and block-and-start surround to east wall having timber battened door, square-headed opening to west wall having cut sandstone voussoirs, and elliptical-arched opening to north wall with roughly dressed voussoirs and timber battened door. Single-bay two-storey outbuilding to walled garden, at south-west corner, having hipped slate roof, sandstone walls and square-headed window and door openings. Site bounded by coursed rubble sandstone walls with square-profile sandstone piers with cast-iron double-leaf gates.
Appraisal
This farmyard complex, which served the demesne of Mogeely House, survives relatively intact. The outbuilding, piggery and ranges retain much of their original form and structure, including interesting features such as the slate roofs and roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs to the openings. The walled garden retains an outbuilding, the top floor of which once served as a dovecote. The walled garden functions as a reminder of the range of demesne-related activities once associated with country houses in Ireland. The finely carved surround to the carriage arch, which retains its keystone with inscribed date, enlivens the solidly constructed walls. The site is bounded by sandstone walls and retains its tall entrance piers.