Survey Data
Reg No
41400624
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
267156, 338598
Date Recorded
02/04/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay three-storey house, built c.1850, having entrance to first floor level to front and single-storey porch to south side elevation. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, yellow brick chimneystacks, timber eaves course, exposed roof timbers forming bracket course, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Gablet to dormer window to south elevation. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having painted masonry sills and timber sliding sash windows, two-over-two pane to second floor, margined six-over-six to lower floors to front, three-over-six to first floor to north, and timber casement windows to rear and side elevations. Round-headed two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window to dormer with plain fanlight. Steel railings to windows to ground floor. Square-headed main door opening having moulded render reveal, timber panelled door with timber panelled stall risers, over-lights and sidelights, opening on to rendered masonry platform having seventeen nosed granite steps flanked by cast-iron scrollwork decorative railings on rendered plinth walls with segmental-headed arch to walkway beneath. Square-headed door opening to porch to south with double-leaf glazed timber door, approached by eleven rendered steps. Eight-bay outbuilding to north of house, with two-bay outbuilding attached at right angle, having hipped slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods to main building and pitched slate to smaller, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window openings with limestone sills and timber sliding sash windows, some two-over-two pane and some six-over-six pane, square-headed timber battened doors, three-centred-arch door openings with double-leaf timber battened doors, one with exposed red brick voussoirs and surrounds. Rubble limestone wall enclosing yard, having pair of square-plan piers with render capping. Pair of cast-iron banded piers with double-leaf cast-iron gates to south-east of house.
Appraisal
The appearance of this substantial house is imbued with an additional sense of grandeur due to the placement of its entrances at first floor level forming a piano nobile in the classical tradition. The taller window openings at this level enhance the effect, while the significantly smaller windows to the top floor give an added illusion of height. An interesting variety of timber sash windows has been retained, some having unusual pane arrangements forming full or partial margins, adding visual interest. Prominently sited on a height above the main Monaghan-Emyvale road, this house makes a distinctive contribution to the landscape.