Uppercourt House

House in Kilkenny, Ireland, dating from 1795–1800

Detached five-bay three-storey over basement Classical-style house, built 1798, originally five-bay two-storey with three-bay three-storey pedimented central bay having prostyle tetrastyle Ionic portico to ground floor, five-bay three-storey side (west) elevation, and four-bay four-storey rear (south) elevation. Extended, 1820, comprising three-bay two-storey over basement advanced end bay to left extending into three-bay two-storey advanced terminating block having combined four-bay three-storey rear (south) elevation with single-bay three-storey canted bay. Converted to use as college, 1932. Closed, 1989. Now disused. Hipped slate roofs (on a quadrangular plan to original block; gabled to pediment) behind parapets with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rooflights to pavilion block, and concealed cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with cut-limestone quoins to corners to original block, dentilated moulded cornice over (forming attic storey) with blocking course, moulded cornice to top floor having blocking course with urn finials, and moulded surround to pediment. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, six-over-nine (ground floor), six-over-six (first floor), and three-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows. Grouped (three-part arrangement) round-headed openings to entrance bay under prostyle tetrastyle limestone a

Type:
House

Period:
1795–1800

Where:
Kilkenny, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.73°N, 7.41°W

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