Survey Data
Reg No
41308043
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Blayney Castle originally Castle Blayney
Original Use
Outbuilding
Date
1860 - 1870
Coordinates
282935, 319572
Date Recorded
01/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Three-bay three-storey barn, built c.1865, and associated with former stable block of Hope Castle demesne. Pitched fibre-cement slate roof with plain brick cornice holding replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Coursed rubble limestone walls with punch-finished sandstone quoins and brick dressings around square-headed openings which have sandstone sills and replacement timber window frames. One three-centred arch opening to south elevation on ground floor. Interior appears to be gutted. Ground rises steeply to west and south, enclosing building between embankment and former stable block.
Appraisal
The high standard of masonry places this apparently agricultural building in the same date range as the adjacent former stable block. It is sited where a range of office buildings south of the former stable block were located during at the time of the first Ordnance Survey and may incorporate some of this earlier building in its fabric. The building formed part of the development of one of Monaghan's most significant demesnes.