Glencara House

Country house in Westmeath, Ireland, dating from 1810–1840

Detached three-bay two-storey over basement country house, built between c.1810 and 1824, with full-height canted bay projections added to either end of entrance front (southwest and northeast) and a projecting ashlar limestone tetrastyle Doric entrance porch added to entrance front (southeast) c.1840. Shallow hipped natural slate roof with bracketed ashlar limestone eaves cornice, cast-iron rainwater goods and two ashlar limestone chimneystacks to centre, aligned perpendicular to roof ridge. Ruled-and-line rendered walls over projecting chamfered limestone plinth with raised block quoins to corners and a continuous ashlar limestone sill course at first floor level. Projecting canted bays to either end constructed of ashlar limestone. Square-headed window openings with moulded architraves and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Ground floor windows to front façade (southeast) set in round-headed recessed arches. Wyatt windows behind canted bays to side elevations (southwest and northeast). Central segmental-headed tripartite ashlar limestone Ionic doorcase (behind later porch) with leaded sidelights, timber panelled door, fluted lintel and a leaded spider's web fanlight over. Single-storey service wings to rear (northwest and southeast) c.1840, constructed of coursed rubble limestone. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds with large complex of outbuildings a

Type:
Country house

Period:
1810–1840

Where:
Westmeath, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.51°N, 7.56°W

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