Foulksrath Castle

Castle/fortified house in Kilkenny, Ireland, dating from 1545–1555

Freestanding single-bay five-stage medieval tower house, built 1550, on a square plan with two-bay two-storey wing on an L-shaped plan (about a courtyard) having single-bay single-storey projecting bay to right. Renovated, c.1850, with some openings remodelled. Now in use as guesthouse. Roof not visible behind parapet. Pitched roof to wing on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rubble stone eaves. Random rubble limestone walls with batter, dressed limestone quoins to corners, cut-limestone stringcourse to top stage, and crow-stepped battlemented parapet having cut-limestone chamfered coping. Lancet slit-style window openings (some paired having mullions) with cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals, and fixed-pane fittings. Square-headed window openings remodelled, c.1850, with cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals, shallow hood mouldings over, and two-over-two timber sash windows (one having mullion forming bipartite elliptical-headed arrangement with one-over-one timber sash windows). Paired pointed-arch window openings to ground floor to wing with square-headed window openings to first floor, cut-limestone surround to ground floor having chamfered reveals, hood moulding over, fixed-pane timber fittings, cut-limestone sills to first floor, red brick block-and-start surrounds, and timber casement windows. Pointed-arch do

Type:
Castle/fortified house

Period:
1545–1555

Where:
Kilkenny, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.75°N, 7.32°W

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