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Title:	Athgoe Castle, South Dublin County
Authors:	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Keywords:	Two-storey over basement country house Timber sash windows windows stone sills radial fanlight granite Doric pediment granite steps Athgoe Castle ruins
Issue Date:	1-Jan-2002
Publisher:	Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Description:	Detached five-bay two-storey over basement country house, c.1800, with attic storey in floating pediments to front and rere. Roughcast rendered walls. Timber sash windows with stone sills throughout. Timber panelled door with decorative radial fanlight, granite Doric pedimented surround, and granite steps. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimney stacks and two dormer windows. Modern two-storey extension to the north. Substantial ruins of Athgoe Castle to the immediate north-west. Appraisal This grand country house stands alongside the ruined Medieval tower house of Athgoe Castle of the Locke family. It retains many original materials and features typical of late eighteenth-century regional Irish architecture, most notably the floating pediment and fine doorcase set in a symmetrical façade.
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10599/6983
Appears in Collections:	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Collection Published Items

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