Waterford Castle

House in Waterford, Ireland, dating from 1890–1900

Detached nine-bay two- and three-storey over basement Gothic-style house, built 1895, on a quasi H-shaped plan incorporating fabric of earlier house, pre-1845, comprising three-bay two-storey entrance tower incorporating fabric of medieval castle, pre-1645, with three-bay single-storey lean-to projecting entrance bay to ground floor having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed higher porch to centre, two-bay three-storey split-level advanced flanking bay to left (west), two-bay three-storey projecting end bay to left (west) having two-bay three-storey side (west) elevation (continuing into three-bay three-storey side (west) elevation with two-bay three-storey over part-raised basement return tower to north), and single-bay three-stage engaged flanking turret to right (east) on a square plan extending into two-bay two-storey projecting end bay to right (east) with single-bay single-storey box bay window to centre ground floor, and single-bay two-storey side (east) elevation (continuing into single-bay two-storey breakfront to side (east) elevation with three-bay single-storey flat-roofed conservatory overlapping with two-bay two-storey return tower to north-east). Now in use as hotel. Roofs to main block and to towers not visible behind parapets with cut-stone chimney stacks (some paired cut-stone diagonal chimney stacks), and cast-iron rainwater goods having decorative castellat

Type:
House

Period:
1890–1900

Where:
Waterford, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.25°N, 7.06°W

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