Lloydsboro, Templemore, 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. 189. “Lloyd/IFR) a two storey late-Georgian house with an eaved roof, thee bay entrance front; single-storey Ionic portico with acroteria; front prolonged by a three storey wing set a little back, four bay side, prolonged by an elegant polygonal conservatory with pilasters.” 

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Lloydsborough House, LLOYDSBOROUGH (KILLEA PR), Tipperary North 

Detached three-bay two-storey house over half basement, built c. 1820, with projecting cut limestone Ionic portico with flight of steps to entrance and with slightly-recessed three-bay three-storey wing to north-west. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and paired eaves brackets. Roughcast rendered walls to main block, dressed limestone to basement, with cut limestone sting course, render quoins and with moulded render surrounds to window openings, shouldered to ground floor. Exposed rubble limestone walls to later block, with brick voussoirs to openings. Square-headed openings with timber sash windows, six-over-six pane to ground floor and eight-over-eight to first floor, of main block, two-over-two pane to later block and replacement elsewhere, with limestone sills. Square-headed door opening having timber panelled double doors with render surround. Bow windows to south elevation with carved limestone surrounds. Decorative cast- and wrought-iron balcony to west elevation. Multiple-bay single- and two-storey outbuildings to west, having rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone voussoirs to segmental-arched carriage openings and lunette windows. Rubble limestone boundary walls to yard with wrought-iron gates. 

Appraisal 

This imposing house is an interesting and notable example of late Georgian architecture in Ireland. The house retains its form and structure, which is enhanced by original features such as the carved limestone decorative window surrounds, and the ornate cast- and wrought-iron balcony. The highly decorative portico adds artistic interest to the building, and is clearly the work of skilled craftsmen. The house, together with the outbuildings form a notable group of demesne structures.