Ballinlough Castle

Country house in Westmeath, Ireland, dating from 1700–1777

Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement country house with dormer attic, extant 1777, on an L-shaped plan centred on three-bay three-storey breakfront; four-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey perpendicular wing (north) with single-bay two-storey turrets on circular plans. "Improved", c.1790, producing present composition. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Restored, 1940-4. Pitched (M-profile) slate roof behind parapet; hipped slate roof (breakfront), clay ridge tiles, grouped rendered diagonal chimney stacks (west) or rendered chimney stacks (east) on rendered bases having stepped capping, and concealed rainwater goods; hipped slate roof behind parapet (wing) with concealed rainwater goods. Part creeper- or ivy-covered lime rendered battered walls on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with Irish battlemented parapets on beaded consoles having lichen-spotted coping; rendered walls (wing) on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on rendered base with Irish battlemented parapets on beaded consoles having rendered coping. Square-headed central door opening with dragged cut-limestone step threshold supporting wrought iron bootscrapers, and dragged cut-limestone doorcase with ogee-detailed segmental pediment on inscribed frieze ("HOR") framing timber panelled door. Curvilinear-headed central window opening (first floor) with concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash

Type:
Country house

Period:
1700–1777

Where:
Westmeath, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.64°N, 7.03°W

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