Tullaghan House, Co Leitrim 

Tullaghan House, Co Leitrim 

Tullaghan House, Co Leitrim courtesy National Inventory. 

Mark Bence-Jones. 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. 205. “A late-Georgian house of two storeys, three sided central projection with later single-storey porch; three sided bow at side; eaved roof.” 

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30801004/tullaghan-house-duncarbry-tullaghan-co-leitrim

Tullaghan House, Co Leitrim courtesy National Inventory. 

Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1830, with full-height canted bays to façade and western elevation. Porch added to façade. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Ruled-and-lined render to walls. Timber sash windows. Timber panelled door in flat-headed opening with stucco surround. Two-storey random stone outbuilding with slate roof and brick chimneystack to east. Circular-plan random stone gate piers and cast-iron gate. House set in own grounds with rear elevation backing onto the street, bounded by random sandstone wall with cut stone piers and cast-iron gates and railings. 

Appraisal 

The late Georgian design of this detached house is complimented by features including six-over-six timber sash windows with convex horns, full-height canted bays, cast-iron gates and outbuildings. The attractive and architecturally-appealing house is set within its own grounds, yet unusually it backs directly onto the road to the north. 

Tullaghan House, Co Leitrim courtesy National Inventory. 

http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/property-list.jsp?letter=T 

At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Tullaghan House was in the possession of Joseph P. Tynte who was leasing it from Col.White’s estate. Subsequently it became a residence of the Dickson family. It is still extant.   

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