A Future for Irish Historic Houses - Irish Heritage Trust

partitions in order to provide cellular offices; the surface mounting of a
central heating system and a new electrical system; the re-plastering of
extensive areas of the house following the treatment of dry rot.
- A new concrete staircase broke the former link to the main house,
effectively isolating one wing.
- Many of these interventions are extremely crude in their design and are not
easily reversible, in particular the former theatre which was virtually
redesigned as a storehouse by Telecom.
- Cement based mortars and renders were used. Short life artificial tiles were
used on the roof.
In short, while the building is in reasonably good structural repair, it is in a very poor
state of preservation as many of the original features have been lost due to poor
conservation practice and unnecessary intervention.
Presently, IMRO have extensive restoration and renovation plans for the house.
However, these will require a great deal of expenditure, which may be beyond the
organisation.
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