Ballyglan, Woodstown, Co Waterford 

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. 22. “(Paul Bt, of Paulville/PB1959); Profumo/LG1952) A two storey late C18 house overlooking Waterford Harbour; built by Sir Joshua Paul, 1^st Bt. 7 bay front, pedimented doorcase with sidelights below slightly wider central window. Three sided bow on side elevation, which formerly had an iron verandah along it. The house was formerly noted for its library. Sold ca 1963 to Major Philip Profumo, bother of John Profumo, sometime secretary of State for War; resold in 1971.” 

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22901814/ballyglan-house-ballyglan-co-waterford  Detached seven-bay two-storey house, c.1800, with single-bay two-storey canted bay to side (south-east) elevation, and three-bay two-storey side (north-west) elevation. Extended, c.1825, comprising pair of single-bay two-storey returns to south-west. Renovated, c.1975, with single-bay two-storey lower box bay added to side (north-west) elevation. Hipped slate roofs on a quasi E-shaped plan behind parapets with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with moulded rendered cornice to parapet. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills. 3/3, 4/4, 6/9 timber sash windows with glazed timber French doors to canted bay having overlight. 3/6 and 6/6 timber grouped (four) sash windows to box bay. Square-headed door opening with cut-stone engaged Doric doorcase having open-bed pediment over, timber panelled double doors, round-headed spoked fanlight, and square-headed flanking window openings with rendered sills and surrounds, and timber casement windows. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt, and landscaped grounds to site. (ii) Detached nineteen-bay single- and two-storey stable building, c.1800, to west on a U-shaped plan comprising three-bay two-storey block with segmental-headed carriageway to centre ground floor, eight-bay single-storey perpendicular wing to north-east having elliptical-headed carriageway, and eight-bay single-storey perpendicular wing with half-attic to south-east having elliptical-headed carriageway. Part refenestrated, c.1975, possibly with some openings remodelled. Hipped and pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, no chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted roughcast walls. Round-headed window openings to main block with stone sills, and timber panel fittings. Round-headed door openings to main block and to wing to north-east with timber panelled half-doors, and fanlights. Square-headed window openings to wing to south-east (some possibly remodelled, c.1975) with rendered sills, and replacement timber casement windows, c.1975. Square-headed door openings with timber panelled doors. Segmental-headed carriageway to main block with tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Elliptical-headed carriageways to wings with corrugated-iron double doors to south-east, and no fittings to north-east. (iii) Gateway, c.1800, to north comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with cut-stone capping having finials, cast-iron double gates, painted rendered curved flanking walls, limestone ashlar terminating piers with cut-stone capping having finials, and sections of random rubble stone flanking boundary walls to perimeter of site.

Appraisal

A well-composed substantial house of balanced Classical proportions, built for Sir Joshua Paul (1773 – 1842), which retains most of its original form and fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior. Distinctive features, such as the Doric doorcase and canted bay, serve to enhance the architectural value of the composition. An attendant stable building, formally arranged about a courtyard, is similarly well maintained and augments the group value of the site. Positioned overlooking Woodstown Strand, the house forms a prominent landmark in the locality, and contributes significantly to the character of the area.