Survey Data
Reg No
22111068
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical
Previous Name
Castle Cottage originally The Cottage
Original Use
Dovecote/pigeon house/aviary
Date
1830 - 1870
Coordinates
205127, 124649
Date Recorded
16/10/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Single-bay two-storey former pigeonhouse and possible teahouse, built c.1850, incorporating rear boundary wall of former manager's house for the Glengall estates at Cahir. First floor may be an addition. Hipped slate roof added 2006, with brick eaves course. Rubble limestone walls with roughly squared quoins. Round-arched window to first floor, with brick voussoirs. Venetian-style entrance to ground floor with round-arched doorway, flanked by square-headed windows or side-lights. Wrought-iron gate to doorway and bars to ground floor windows. Square-headed nesting boxes to interior. Paved area and landscaping to front of building.
Appraisal
This building, rare of its type, is associated with the the Earl of Glengall at Cahir. Its location on the property of the former manager's house is relevant. Formerly possibly also a teahouse, with views over the River Suir, this building forms a group with other demesne-related structures at Cahir. The use of brick is significant and the Venetian-style arrangement of the ground floor openings attests to its high status background