Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 17th century
Garryhiggin, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garryhiggin
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Goresgrove Ho.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Goresgrove Ho.
- Coordinates
- 52.68335, -7.52107
- SMR number
- KK012-055003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to O'Kelly (1969, 26), the lands at Garryhiggin, 'were forfeited by John Grace in 1653 and granted to a Cromwellian captain named Charles Gore who named his portion Goresgrove'. A two-storey five-bay stone house with projecting chimney on the E gable was built onto the E wall of the tower house (KK012-055001-). The projecting chimney with massive stack with diagonal shafts suggests this is a 17th house (Craig 1976, 71). It appears to have been modified in the 18th/early 19th century to provide large regular fenestration with brick surrounds in the front N facade, with a central flat-headed doorway at ground level with round-headed broken-out fanlight above. There is a parapet above the cornice of the front facade.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 14 June 2019
References
Craig, M. 1976 Classic Irish houses of the middle size. London. The Architectural Press Ltd.; New York. Architectural Book Publishing Co.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.