Tynte Lodge, Tullaghan, Co Leitrim 

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. 279. “Tynte, sub Tynte-Irvine/IFR) A two storey double bow-fronted Georgian house, with a single-storey bow in the centre, which was probably the original entrance. Two folly towers.” 

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Tynte Lodge, BARRACKPARK, Tullaghan, County Leitrim 

Detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c.1750, with D-plan porch, bowed end bays to façade and six-bay two-storey extension to rear. Walls of demolished return now form a courtyard. Pitched slate and tiled roofs with rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots. Ruled-and-lined render to walls. Replacement uPVC windows. Timber panelled door to side elevation, approached by stone steps. Some openings have been blocked up. Derelict two-storey stone outbuilding with cut stone voussoirs to openings and a pitched roof. Single-storey derelict byres to south-west. Series of walled gardens and enclosures with castellated random stone folly tower with gun loops on cliff-top to north. Freestanding castellated folly tower to south-west with roughly coursed random stone and fossilised stone to walls. 

Appraisal 

This imposing Georgian house, set within its own grounds, occupies a prominent site overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Its symmetrical design is enlivened by bowed end bays and a D-plan porch. The derelict stone outbuildings with cut stone voussoirs enhance the setting, along with enclosure walls, which are constructed of sea-rolled boulders and squared random stone blocks. The folly towers are defensive in character and add a decorative dimension to the site. The entire property makes an imposing impact on the landscape and contributes to the built heritage of Leitrim’s northern coast. 

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Joseph Tynte was leasing lands from the White estate and later purchased 30 acres of land from Lord Massy (who had inherited that estate) for the building of Tynte Lodge. The Inventory of Architectual Heritage, however, contends that Tynte Lodge was built in the eighteenth century so perhaps Tynte was reconstructing an earlier building. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation the property at Tullaghan was valued at £18 and was leased by Tynte to Hugh Montgomery. In 1906 Mervyn Tynte was the owner of the mansion house at Tullaghan valued at £51.