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House - 18th/19th century

Knocklofty Demesne, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - 18th/19th century, Knocklofty Demesne, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knocklofty Demesne
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Knocklofty Ho.
Latest-edition OS map
Knocklofty House
Coordinates
52.33012, -7.79033
SMR number
TS082-063002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Craig and Garner (1975, 90) describe Knocklofty as 'extremely complex, being rebuilt and added to at different periods. The original house appears to have been a narrow, seven-bay, three-story block with end stacks. This still rises in the centre, but was rebuilt in the early 19th century to hold a two-storey library and the main staircase. This part of the house is rendered and has a blocking course. The wings that flank the house are largely late-18th century'. Bence-Jones (1988, 179) dates the house to the 18th century as does The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage which gives a date of c. 1790 for the original house.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 10 February 2014

References

Craig, M. and Garner, W. 1975 National heritage inventory of buildings of architectural, historic and artistic interest in County Tipperary - South Riding. A preliminary survey. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta. Unpublished.

Bence-Jones, M. 1990 (2nd ed.) A guide to Irish country houses. London. Constable and Co. Ltd.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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