Phillipstown Manor, Kinagh, Co Carlow https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/app/uploads/2019/10/Carlow.pdf https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/10300308/philipstown-manor-phillipstown-co-carlow

Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement house with dormer attic, c. 1745, retaining early fenestration with pedimented breakfront having round-headed window opening and cut stone dressings including doorcase, sills and eaves course. Interior retains open well staircase. 

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Philipstown Manor, Kineagh. Townland: Philipstown 

A very important, early-18th century house of seven bays and two storeys over a basement with a T plan. The walls of the house have a distinct batter and the façade has a three-bay breakfront with a high-pitched pediment. The walls were rough cast in recent years but the original, granite detailing survives and is of very high quality with a simple basemould, a platband over the ground floor, frieze and cornice. The square-headed, architraved doorcase, approached by a flight of granite steps, has a strong cornice and all the windows have moulded, granite sills – including those on the rere of the house. There is a round-headed window in the tympanum. All the windows retain the sashes that replaced the originals in circa 1820 and most of the glass is the original crown glass. The roof is hipped and covered with natural slates. (The roof was reslated in the recent past). There are two-bay, single-storey wings flanking the house which date from the early 19th century, have white-washed walls and altered fenestration. The return on the rear contains the staircase. The design of the house is particularly interesting in that though it has the breakfront of a Palladian house the pitch of the pediment has more in common with the seventeenth century.  

Importance: regional, architectural, interior, artistic, social

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Caitriona Murphy 

August 9 2011

Dating back to 1745, Phillipstown Manor is a former shooting lodge situated in the heart of Co Carlow. 

The detached seven-bay, two-storey over-basement house at Rathvilly has been owned by the Brophy family for more than 70 years and still retains some original architectural features, such as round-headed window openings and cut-stone dressings around the doors, sills and eaves. 

Inside, the house has been renovated over the years, including the installation of central heating, re-roofing and some new doors and windows. However, it may still require some upgrading or decoration work by the new owner.

The accommodation includes a reception hall, drawing room, dining room, kitchen with oil-fired Aga, back hall, shower room and smaller rooms. 

Upstairs, the first floor contains four bedrooms, a nursery and bathroom with electric shower. Continuing up another level, the second floor has two more bedrooms, one with a walk-in wardrobe.

While the house originally had more land with it, it is being offered for sale with 162ac. 

This is all in grass and has been used for cattle production by the owners. The land is laid out in a single block surrounding the house and yard. 

The farmyard has been added to over the years and now consists of a mix of some stone-built and some modern farm buildings.