House - 17th/18th century

The National Monuments Service's description

Traditionally associated with the Lynch family who were merchants from Galway city, and possibly built c. 1710 (Timoney 1996, 12). Situated on a shelf of a S-facing slope. This is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 19.7m N-S; 9.35m E-W) of two storeys and attic with good quoins, but only the N and S gables with large chimney-stacks survive complete, and fragments of the other walls (T 0.7m). The doorway at the centre of the E wall is in a slight two-storey projection (dims 4.4m x 0.9m) with a large round-headed window over. There are gun-loops in the N and S walls of the door projection. The ground floor had a central E-W corridor, and four rooms which had brick firplaces in the internal angles with the gables. The S chimney stack is completed in brick. One room has a slop-stone. Two-storey wings which do not communicate directly with the original house were added to the N and S, but these have largely been removed. (Craig 1982, 134)

See the attached image taken from the NE.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Craig, M. 1982 The architecture of Ireland from the earliest times to 1880. Dublin. Eason and Son Ltd. London. Batsford.

Timoney, M. A. 1996a Additions to the landscape around Granlahan, Co. Roscommon. In Mary Ruane (ed.) Souveneir of Granlahan Monastery and primary school re-union 1850-1996. Granlahan.