Survey Data

Reg No

21901126


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social


Previous Name

Hollypark


Original Use

Country house


In Use As

Country house


Date

1760 - 1790


Coordinates

140709, 151138


Date Recorded

26/10/2008


Date Updated

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Description

Detached five-bay two-storey Georgian Gothic style country house, built c. 1770, with three-bay single-storey wings to each side. Gothic glazed pointed arched window openings. Battlemented turret to front of one wing. Hipped roof to main house. Hipped roof to single-storey wings. Arched entrance to gravelled courtyard with stables. Site incorporates parts of a medieval castle.

Appraisal

Hollypark House is an important house architecturally and historically. There is a long history of houses on this site as it was built on the base of the keep of the castle of the Knights of Glin. The present house was restored after a fire. Its significance lies in the style of architecture employed to build the house. The use of the Georgian Gothic style in this country house is quite uncommon within Coutny Limerick.