Ballyclough House, Ballysheedy, Co Limerick 

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. 20. “(Furnell/IFR) A plain two storey 5 bay late C18 house with an eaved roof and a projecting porch. Sold 1973.” 

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Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1780. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls, stepped render plinth course with base batter to north elevation. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Tooled limestone sills. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled door and fanlight over. Moulded render doorcase having pilasters flanking door. Door approached by slate paved area. Single-bay single-storey gate lodge to east, bowed to south. Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window opening with timber framed windows. Square-headed door opening with recent timber door frame. Render fire surround to interior. Coursed rubble limestone sweep walls to entrance. Terminating in square-profile piers with tooled quoins and flat caps supporting cast-iron double-leaf gates. 

Appraisal 

The first house built on this site was erected in 1645 but was replaced by the current structure in the mid 1700s, and has seen a number of alterations since that time. The building retains a strong sense of its original historic character, which is enhanced by the retention of the render door case and timber sliding sash windows. The entrance with its cast-iron gates and gate lodge add further historical interest, providing a context to further understanding of the history of the house beyond.