Survey Data
Reg No
31311022
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Country house
Date
1830 - 1835
Coordinates
126274, 268685
Date Recorded
05/01/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Remains of detached seven-bay two-storey over part raised basement country house with dormer attic, rebuilt 1834; extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan centred on three-bay full-height pedimented breakfront with single-bay single-storey advanced porch to ground floor. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1915. Vacated, 1922. Derelict, 1948. In ruins, 1976. Set in unkempt grounds.
Appraisal
A vaulted basement surviving as an interesting relic of a country house reconstructed to a design exhibited (1834) by George Papworth (1781-1855) of Marlborough Street, Dublin (IAA), not only as the successor to, but most likely retaining the basis of an early eighteenth-century house erected for Reverend John Vesey (1638-1716), Archbishop of Tuam (fl. 1679-1716), one annotated as "Hollymount [of] Lindsey Esquire" by Taylor and Skinner (1778 pl. 78). Furthermore, an adjacent walled garden (see 31311023); and the so-called "Demesne Bridge" (see 31311024), all continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a fragmented estate having historic connections with the Lindsey family including Thomas Spencer Lindsey Senior JP DL (1790-1867), one-time High Sheriff of County Mayo (fl. 1822); John Spencer Lindsey Junior (1828-74); and Heremon John Francis Headfort Lindsey FitzPatrick JP DL (1860-1929).