Survey Data
Reg No
21901907
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1710 - 1720
Coordinates
127737, 145708
Date Recorded
16/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built in 1719, with crenellated box bay windows to front (south) elevation and three-bay single-storey lean-to to rear (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks. Single-pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack to lean-to. Roughcast rendered walls having inscribed limestone plaque to front elevation. Square-headed openings to first floor with bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Square-headed openings to box bay windows having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Square-headed opening with glazed overlight over timber panelled door having flanking sidelights and timber panelled risers. Four-bay single-storey outbuilding to west with pitched slate roof and rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window opening. Square-headed openings with timber battened doors. Seven-bay two-storey outbuilding to north-west having pitched slate roof and brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings. Square-headed door openings. Elliptical-headed opening with tooled limestone voussoirs. Pair of square-proflie limestone piers to south having rubble limestone sweeping walls terminating in second pair of piers.
Appraisal
Kilcosgrave House is a modest sized house, the scale and proportion of which remain intact with the crenellated box bay windows on the principal elevation being its most striking feature. The retention of the fenestration, inscribed limestone plaque and simple doorcase are also worthy of note and this house continues to play a positive role in the architectural heritage of County Limerick.