Pollacton (originally Pollardstown, or Pollerton), Carlow, Co Carlow – A ruin, demolished 1970
Bence-Jones, Mark. 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. 232. “(Burton, sub Mainwaring-Burton/IFR; Denys, Bt/PB1959) A three storey late-Georgian house, said to have been designed 1803 by Richard Morrison for Sir Charles Burton, 2nd Bt; but more likely remodelled by Morrison at that date, having been built earlier. Entrance front with three bays on either side of a breakfront with one window flanked by small sidelihts. Single-storey portico of Tower of the Winds columns. Similar columns, fluted, recessed in the hall, which had a coved ceiling… Inherited by Grace Ellen, Lady Denys-Burton, (nee Burton) whose son, Sir Charles Denys, 4th and last Bt, left it to his nephew, Jasper Tubbs, who demolished it and is building a modern house in the Georgian style on the property.”
Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
p. 35. A large somewhat severe house designed by Richard Morrison in 1803 for Sir Charles Burton. The interior however was very attractive nd contained plasterwork by James Talbot. Demolished 1970.
http://www.igp-web.com/Carlow/Pollacton_House.htm
Pollacton House, Carlow built in 1750 remodelled in 1803 by Charles Burton. https://www.dia.ie/works/view/11919/building/CO.+CARLOW%2C+POLLACTON
and demolished in 1970.
This house has also been referred to as Pollardstown House (see ‘The Carlow Gentry’ p.72.)
Internal plasterwork by James Talbot in 1802.
Gateway, c.1870, comprising group of limestone ashlar piers with plinths, entablatures, ball finials and cast-iron gates and railings.
Record of protected structures
Pollacton House gateway (front), Hacketstown Road, Carlow, townland: Pollerton Big.
The entrance gates on the Rathvilly road have four piers of ashlar limestone with balls on top. The quadrants have wrought-iron railings.
Gateway, c.1820, comprising ashlar piers with ball finials having curved limestone walls. Replacement double and wicket iron gates, c.1995.
Record of Protected Structures:
Pollacton House Gateway (Rear),
Palatine Road,
Carlow
The entrance gates on the Palatine road date from the mid-18th century and consist of tall, limestone piers with basemoulds, cornices and large balls. The gates are flanked by quadrant walls of coursed-rubble limestone with pedestrian arches.
Detached three-bay single-storey L-plan stone-built gate lodge, c.1870, with projecting porch and bow window.
Record of Protected Structures
A single-storey gate lodge with an L-plan, bow window and projecting porch. The walls are of limestone ashlar with channelled, raised coigns and the roof has natural slates. The windows are blocked up. The lodge probably dates from circa 1860.
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