Cullamore, Carney, Co Sligo 

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. 96. “(Gore-Booth, Bt/PB) A house built by Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4^th Bt, MP, some time ante 1833, as a dower house for Lissadell; to the design of Francis Goodwin, of London. Described as an “Italian villa” but rather more Grecian in character. Two storey, three bay centre slightly recessed between pedimented projecting end bays, surrounded by framing bands and with channelling in their lower storey. Porch with square piers and ironwork balconies either side.” 

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Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1890. Single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch projects from west (front) elevation. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystacks with stepped cappings, concrete verges, profiled extruded aluminium gutters c. 2000 on eaves corbel course. Unpainted roughcast walling. Painted smooth-rendered porch, chamfered plinth, pole-moulded corners, moulded render cornice, blocking course, decorative cast-iron balustrade. Square-headed window openings, moulded render architraves, painted stone sills, decorative cast-iron window guards to first floor, painted one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed entrance door opening in porch, moulded render architraves, painted timber door with four raised-and-fielded panels. Street fronted, bounded by wrought-iron railings on painted smooth-rendered plinth wall, high painted smooth-rendered boundary wall with rubble stone coping to north, gateway leading to rear with painted timber gates to south. 

Appraisal 

This handsome symmetrical house is enlivened by decorative cast-iron work to the porch roof and first floor windows. Equally important is the excellent wrought-iron boundary fence. Sash windows and slate roofing further enhance what is a very satisfying composition.