Ballynahown Court

Country house in Westmeath, Ireland, dating from 1740–1750

Detached three-bay three-storey over basement country house, built c.1746, having a three-bay single-storey wing, added c.1850, to the southwest. Five-bay elevation to the northwest façade of main house. Shallow hipped natural slate roof, hidden behind raised parapet with an ashlar limestone eaves cornice with blocking course over, having a central brick chimneystack aligned parallel to roof ridge. Constructed of red brick over a moulded ashlar limestone plinth with an ashlar string course at first floor level and flush ashlar limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in size towards the eaves, having moulded cut stone architraves, cut stone sills and with timber sliding sash windows (two-over-two pane to ground floor, nine-over-six to first floor and three-over-three to second floor). Pedimented window opening to the centre of the ground floor on five-bay northwest facing elevation. Cut-stone architraves with moulded cut stone entablatures over to window openings on single-storey wing to the southwest. Central pedimented tripartite Tuscan cut stone doorcase with sidelights (having leaded geometric glazing) and timber panelled double doors having a spoke fanlight over to the entrance façade (southwest). Flight of cut stone steps flanked by decorative cast-iron railings gives access to the doorway over basement. Ashlar limestone plinth wall (wit

Type:
Country house

Period:
1740–1750

Where:
Westmeath, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.36°N, 7.86°W

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