Damer House

House in Tipperary north, Ireland, dating from 1725–1735

Detached nine-bay three-storey house over basement, built c.1730, with later five-bay two-storey U-plan wing to south-west. Now in use as heritage centre. Hipped artificial slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks to main block and brick to wing. Rubble sandstone walls with carved sandstone plinth and cornice. Replacement timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to basement and nine-over-nine pane elsewhere, with raised dressed stone surrounds and stone sills in square-headed openings. Replacement timber windows, stone sills and voussoirs to wing. Timber panelled door with paned over-light, flanked by carved stone Corinthian pilasters, with architrave, frieze and cornice with broken scroll pediment above, and approached by flight of limestone steps. Round-headed doorcase to south-west wing with carved stone block-and-start surround and fanlight.

Type:
House

Period:
1725–1735

Where:
Tipperary north, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.95°N, 7.80°W

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