Rathmore House, Tullow, Co Carlow
Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988, Constable and Company Ltd, London.
p. 240. “Two storey house of mid-C19 appearance. Seven bay front with die; keystones over windows; balustraded enclosed porch.”
Detached seven-bay two-storey country house, c. 1785, with pedimented Doric doorcase. Extended, c. 1830, on a U-shaped plan. Renovated, c. 1860. Detached eight-bay stable block to site with integral carriageways. Undergoing refurbishment in 1999.
Gateway, c. 1870, comprising group of granite ashlar piers with curved balustraded walls having cast-iron open work inner piers and gates.
http://www.igp-web.com/Carlow/Rathmore_House.htm
This was originally the family seat of Joshua Paul II but in 1777 it was listed in the ownership of the Bunbury’s.
Detached seven-bay two-storey country house, built c.1785, with pedimented Doric doorcase. Extended, c.1830, on a U-shaped plan. Renovated, c.1860. There is a detached eight-bay stable block on site with integral carriageways.
Record of Protected Structures:
Rathmore House,
Rathmore
Townland: Rathmore
A seven-bay, two-storey house which has been remodelled several times. There are indications that it was originally a mid-18th century house which was extended about 1820, with the façade remodelled about 1860. Some interior features survive from the mid-18th century but the full width of the house appears to date from the 1820’s. It has painted, lined and rendered walls, a pedimented doorcase with Doric pilasters and windows with circa 1860 architraves with keystones and brackets under the sills. The sash windows have six panes in each sash and there is a cornice with a frieze below it and a blocking course above. The hipped roof is hidden behind the blocking course and there are end stacks. Flanking conservatories were added in 1999 and are well designed.
And gate lodge:
A small gate lodge of circa 1870 with a façade of three bays and a single storey. It has lined and rendered walls, segmental-headed windows with flat, granite dressings and keystones, a hipped, slated roof with wide, bracketed eaves and a bracketed, canopy porch. The doorcase is also segmental-headed. The lodge was extended at the rear in 1999.
And stables
A U-plan composition built of coursed-rubble granite with brick dressings to the windows and square-headed, granite door case with block and start dressings. The central feature is an advanced pair of carriage arches. Flanking it are ‘houses’ of three bays and two storeys each with square-headed door cases and half-moon windows. There is a similar block on the left-hand side of the U. There are natural slates on the roof. The composition probably dates from the early 19th century.
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Stunning €1.2m Georgian mansion for sale in Co Carlow
This stunning Georgian house is being put up for sale after the owner has made the difficult decision to leave the peace and tranquillity of the Irish countryside and head back to the big city.
Rathmore Park has been the home Jackie Ruddock and her family since they moved in permanently nearly 20 years ago. 
“We bought it on a whim” said Jackie. “We were living in Dalkey at the time, and weren’t even looking for a house in the country. We came up the drive past all the lovely calves, walked into the hall and were sold immediately.”
The 680sqm property sits in the middle of 25 acres of beautiful forestry of beech, oak and ash trees.
The River Slaney runs through the grounds and the owners of Rathmore Park hold the fishing rights to a mile-long stretch which is rich with salmon, pike and trout.
The grounds also feature a swimming pool and tennis court which could be restored by the new owners.
The neighbouring field is rented out to a local farmer who uses it for his suckler herd, so there are always cute calves and mothers roaming free.
As well as the main house, there is also a cut-stone coach house and stableyard, converted into a fine three-bedroom, two-bathroom family home with a separate studio apartment
Jackie and her late husband Alan bought the property in the mid-90s and spent a few years restoring it before making it the family home in 1999.
Alan was a journalist and the first editor of the Irish edition of the Sunday Times. He died suddenly in 2010. 
Jackie said: “Rathmore Park is essentially Georgian. The original house dates from 1735 – although there is one 4ft-thick wall that we think is Norman – and was extended in 1830 and again in 1860. We added on the sun rooms at either end in 1999.
“There are great party rooms. They have seen a lot of late nights.
“I think it is the perfect family house. There’s plenty of room for everyone to do their own thing without getting under each other’s feet, and the grounds are wonderful for children. The snooker room comes into its own late at night.” 
Jackie and her sons made the tough decision to sell Rathmore Park so they could move to Dublin to be closer to their work and family.
The property has an asking price of €1.2m and the sale is being handled by agents Ganly Walters.
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