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Appendix D: Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Table 2: Catalogue Of Sites Of Architectural Importance

DESCRIPTION
This site consists of a house built c. 1800. It is rendered and consists of three bays and two storeys.

DESCRIPTION
Bence-Jones (1988, 198) described this as "a house of c. 1745, remodelled 18430 with a veranda along its front in the Regency style. Originally owned by the Flood family; owned later in 18th century by Richard Griffith, who, like his wife, was a talented novelist and letter-writer; owned later again by Rev. Ambrose Smith; bought in the 19th century by John Butler, of the Dunboyne family. A wing was added in 1910."

DESCRIPTION
Bence-Jones (1988, 206) described this as "a house of two storeys over a basement built probably between 1760 and 1770 by William Colles, owner of the nearby Kilkenny Marble Works, which supplied the familiar black marble chimneypieces to houses all over Ireland. Of an unusual cruciform plan; one arm having a pedimented one bay end with a Venetian doorway; the two arms at right angles ending in curved bows." This site is also listed in the catalogue of industrial archaeological sites (Site IA 17).

DESCRIPTION
Bence-Jones (1988, 214-15) describes this as "a mid to late 18th century house built by the 1st Early of Carrick across the River Nore from the former family seat, Ballylinch Castle on an estate which he had bought c. 1750 from Rev. Thomas Bushe, of Kilmurry; traditionally named by him after his wife. Of three storeys over a basement; front of seven bays between two shallow curved bows, each having three windows. One bay central breakfront, with Venetian windows in the upper two storeys above tripartite pedimented and fanlighted doorway. Centre window in two lower storeys of bows round-headed. Perron and double steps in front of entrance door, with iron railings. High-pitched roof and massive stacks. Sold 1914 by 6th Earl of Carrick to the McCalmonts who had leased the house for some years. Major Dermot McCalmont made a new entrance in what had formerly been the back of the house, where the main block is flanked by two storey wings, extending at right angles from it to form a shallow three sided court, and joined to it by curved sweeps. The interior of the house was richly decorated by 2nd Earl of Carrick 1780s with plasterwork in the manner of Michael Stapleton. The hall, which is long and narrow, is divided by an arcade carried on fluted Ionic columns, beyond which rises a bifurcating staircase with a balustrade of plain slender uprights; the present entrance being by way of a porch built out at the back of the staircase. The rooms on either side of the hall in what was formerly the entrance front and is now the garden front have plasterwork ceilings; one with a centre medallion of a hunting scene, another with a medallion of a man shooting. One of these rooms, the dining room, also has plasterwork on its walls, incorporating medallions with Classical reliefs. One of the wings flanking the present entrance front contains a ballroom made by Major Dermot McCalmont 1920s, with a frieze of later 18th century style plasterwork; it is reached by way of a curving corridor. The demesne of Mount Juliet is one of the finest in Ireland, with magnificent hardwoods above the River Nore; it includes the Ballylinch demesne across the river. There is a series of large walled gardens near the house."