Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 18th/19th century
Knocklofty Demesne, County Tipperary South, Ireland
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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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
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 Unpublished.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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.