Crossogue House, Ballycahill, Co Tipperary
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. “Molloy, sub De la Poer/IFR) An early Victorian house with a high basement. The home of Mr and Mrs Anthony Molloy.”
Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c. 1855, with four-bay north elevation, two-bay south and with two-storey over basement lean-to addition to rear, Entrance breakfront with open-bed pediment and pilasters. Hipped slate roof with projecting eaves supported on timber brackets, and rendered chimneystacks with terracotta chimneypots. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls, with rendered quoins and string course between ground floor and basement. Square-headed openings, some blind to gables, with timber sash windows, some double to rear addition, three-over-six pane to first floor and six-over-six pane to ground, all with stone sills. Segmental-headed opening with timber panelled door with paned overlight and timber pilasters with consoles. Courtyard of outbuildings to north of house, with multiple-bay two-storey stable block to east side, with hipped slate roof and rendered walls, and multiple-bay single-storey stables to west side.
Appraisal
Crossoge House is a fine house set in a large estate with mature planting, and is a good representative example, in form and detail, of an early-Victorian country house. Its intact condition adds to its significance, and it contains original fabric including joinery. The estate also contains a fine two-storey stable block and a range of outbuildings nearby, all still in use.
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