Survey Data
Reg No
22903109
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Cloncoskoran House
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
228955, 96057
Date Recorded
05/01/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1850, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier house, c.1750, retaining original fenestration with single-bay two-storey canted lower bay to centre having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor, four-bay two-storey side elevations having single-bay two-storey bowed bay to west, five-bay two-storey Garden (south) Front, and three-bay two-storey over basement wing to east. Hipped slate roofs on a quadrangular plan behind blocking course (half-conical felt roof to bowed bay; pitched slate roof to wing) with red clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roofs to canted bay and to porch not visible behind blocking courses. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoins to corners to main block, and rendered band having moulded cornice with blocking course over (blocking course part stepped to Garden (south) Front to wing). Cut-stone walls to porch with stringcourse, and moulded cornice having blocking course over (part stepped). Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and moulded surrounds to Garden (south) Front having entablature over to centre ground floor, and pediment over to centre first floor on consoles. 1/1, 2/2 and 6/6 timber sash windows. Round-headed door opening to porch in round-headed recess with cut-limestone step, timber panelled double doors, and overlight. Round-headed window openings to porch with cut-stone sills, and fixed-pane timber windows. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt, and landscaped grounds to site including terraces to Garden (south) Front having flights of cut-limestone steps with cut-limestone parapets.
Appraisal
A well-composed substantial house incorporating reserved Classical detailing, and distinctive structural features, including canted and bowed bays, which enhance the architectural quality of the composition. Very well maintained, the house presents an early aspect with important salient features and materials intact, both to the exterior and to the interior. Landscaped grounds to the site augment the setting of the building, and the house forms an appealing feature in the locality. The house is of additional importance for its historical associations with the Nugent (Nugent Humble) family.