Wonderful Barn
Folly in Kildare, Ireland, dating from 1740–1745
Freestanding single-bay five-stage grain store, dated 1743, on a cruciform plan with series of four single-bay single-storey gabled projecting bays. Now disused. Flat roof behind parapet approached by flight of ninety-four cut-limestone steps. Part creeper- or ivy-covered slate hung (lower stages) or lime rendered (upper stages) battered walls with rough faced cut-limestone stringcourses including rough faced cut-limestone stringcourse supporting battlemented parapet having cut-limestone coping. Square-headed door opening (west) below cut-limestone date stone ("1743") with lintel framing timber boarded double doors. Triangular window openings (upper stages) with rough faced cut-limestone sill courses, and concealed dressings with monolithic hood mouldings framing fixed-pane fittings. Interior with limewashed red brick English bond dome vaulted chambers. Set in unkempt grounds.
- Type:
- Folly
- Period:
- 1740–1745
- Where:
- Kildare, Ireland
- Coordinates:
- 53.36°N, 6.51°W
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