Survey Data
Reg No
30936012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Worker's house
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
211248, 293457
Date Recorded
23/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey estate worker's house with attic, built c.1850, with projecting central gable-fronted porch and triple-pile extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks and decorative timber bargeboards to gable ends and porch. Random coursed stone walls with cut stone quoins. Brick surrounds to window openings with stone sills and timber sash windows. Timber lintel to entrance with timber battened door, sidelights and stone steps. Inscription bearing letters 'MC' to house. Stone outbuildings to west. Cottage set in own mature grounds off driveway to Lough Rynn House.
Appraisal
This ornately-designed estate worker's house, situated within the unspoilt scenic grounds of Lough Rynn estate, is one of many finely-built structures associated with the estate. The inscription was possibly carved by the mason.