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Title:	Former Bath House, Lucan Demesne, Lucan, South Dublin County
Authors:	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Keywords:	Bath House Lucan Demesne coursed limestone rubble walls river-weathered limestone stone bellcote fireplace barrel-vaulted ceiling ornamental waterfall cascade Pettycanon
Issue Date:	1-Jan-2002
Publisher:	Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Description:	Detached three-bay single-storey gable-fronted former bath house, c.1785, now disused. Round-headed openings set in coursed limestone rubble walls. Gable front decorated with river-weathered limestone, with buttresses and emphasised dressing to door opening and pediment surround. Limestone coping to north wall. Brick dressing and stone finial above doorway in north wall. Pitched, ivy-covered roof with stone bellcote. Central fireplace with pointed arch stone surround and flanking niches to south interior wall. Pointed arch with flanking oval niches to east bay interior wall. Segmental-arched opening to west section with ornamental bath and shallow steps. Plastered barrel-vaulted ceiling. A small stream flows from an arched culvert over an ornamental waterfall cascade and beneath a simple stone footbridge to the east of the bath house.
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10599/6204
Appears in Collections:	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Collection Published Items

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