Survey Data
Reg No
21902127
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
House
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
150302, 142846
Date Recorded
07/10/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached L-plan range of former outbuildings, built c. 1840, comprising three-bay two-storey block to north with adjoining four-bay single-storey block to south terminating in perpendicular two-bay two-storey block to south. Now in use as a house. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Pitched slate roofs with rendered and brick chimneystacks to south blocks. Rubble limestone walls having cut limestone quoins to north block. Square-headed openings with cut limestone block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to perpendicular south block with brick surrounds, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings having cut limestone block-and-start surrounds and replacement timber doors. Square-headed opening to perpendicular south block with timber battened door. Five-bay single-storey range to north having extensions to rear (north) and conservatory to east elevation. Pitched slate roof with replacement rooflights and brick chimneystacks. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed openings with limestone block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Elliptical-headed carriage arch having brick voussoirs and limestone block-and-start surround, now partially blocked up and recent window inserted. Square-headed opening with limestone block-and-start surround and replacement timber battened door. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding to north-east having timber extension to east elevation. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack and replacement rooflights. Rubble limestone walls having limestone quoins. Camber-headed openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and replacement timber sash windows. Square-headed opening having timber battened door. Elliptical-headed carriage arch to north elevation with red brick block-and-start surround and replacement half-glazed timber double-leaf doors. Square-plan rubble limestone walled garden to north with red brick lining to interior walls. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to walled garden, with pitched slate roof and red brick chimneystacks. Rubble limestone walls. Camber-headed openings with red brick surrounds, limestone sills and timber casement windows. Roughly dressed limestone wall to south with square-headed door opening having red brick voussoirs leading to servants tunnel, now blocked up. Pair of ashlar limestone piers to west, having carved caps and sweeping ashlar limestone walls with carved copings and plinth courses, terminating in second pair of square-profile piers. Rubble limestone boundary walls to site.
Appraisal
This large complex of outbuildings was once an integral part of the workings of the Caherass House estate built by the Roche family. Finely constructed, they contain high quality craftsmanship which is most notable in the limestone dressings around the doors and windows. The site retains a well maintained walled garden with brick interior and partially blocked-up servants' tunnels. The piers are particularly fine and add interest to the site. Retaining much of their original fabric, together with their original form, the outbuildings reflect the grandeur of the now demolished Caherass House.