Survey Data
Reg No
31948001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Previous Name
Newpark originally New Park
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
House
Date
1750 - 1770
Coordinates
198674, 248485
Date Recorded
02/09/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay three-storey country house over basement, built c.1760, with porch to front, and addition to rear. Pebble-dashed walls with modern balustrade to parapet. Rendered chimneystacks. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and replacement timber casement windows. Entrance bay with tripartite window to first floor and Diocletian window to second floor. Three-bay single-storey former gate lodge with ashlar with ashlar gabled front, built 1851, to southwest. Two-bay single-storey gate lodge and decorative wrought-iron entrance gates to northwest.
Appraisal
Newpark House is an elegant country residence set in a parkland with delightful views of Lough Ree on the River Shannon. The house survives in an altered state, but its imposing scale is retained. The former gate lodges and fine entrance gates remain relatively untouched and are reminders of a more prosperous period in the history of Newpark House.