Description:

Detached three-bay two-storey over a part-raised basement country house built in 1820. The west and rear elevations possess five bays while a two-storey, three-bay over basement wing is on the east of the house. The hipped slate roof is on a quadrangle plan (pitched to wing) and has clay ridge tiles, cut-limestone copings, and cast-iron rainwater goods as well as eaves with rendered bands. The exterior walls are of rubble limestone and rendered, with a chamfered stringcourse separating the basement from the ground floor. Square-headed window openings within elliptical-headed recesses are to the ground floor with six-over-six timber sash windows, while the basement and first floors possess timber sash windows of three-over-six configuration. The main entrance is set within a round-headed door opening. Engaged Doric columns flank a timber paneled door with outer pilasters supporting a frieze carved with swags and a carved cornice.

It was originally constructed by architect William Robertson for the St. Georges, a Norman family who arrived in Ireland in the sixteenth century. It is a rare example of an Irish Regency villa that retains much of its original fittings and furnishing, including its symmetrical façade, Classical decorative elements, and neatly landscaped grounds.

Grants Awarded:

2004: €4,000 grant through IGS Inc (US) towards roof repairs works.

2022: €4,000 grant through the IGS London Chapter towards the repair of the roof lantern and rotunda surmounting the central staircase. Conservation engineer, Ivor McElveen; contractor, Patrick Tallis (Tallis & Co.).

NIAH Listing:

https://www.buildingsofireland...

References in IGS Bulletins & IGS Journals:

‘Great Irish Households: Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century’
Reviewed by David Fleming
Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies Vol XXV — 2022
https://search.igsjournal.ie/single-search?rule1=and&terms1=kilrush&field1=all&from_pub_year=1958&to_pub_year=2024&pdf_type=Select+publication+type&pdf_id=351