Mount Ievers House

Georgian house built in 1730-1737. Sixmilebridge, Co Clare.

Courtesy of NIAH

Mount Ievers House
Courtesy of NIAH

Mount Ievers House

Georgian house built in 1730-1737. Sixmilebridge, Co Clare.

Courtesy of NIAH

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Reg. No: 20300912

Date: 1725-1740

Previous Name: N/A

Townland: Mountievers

County: Co. Clare

Special Interest: Architectural/ Artistic/ Social/ Historical

Rating: National

Original Use: Country House

In Use As: Country House

Detached seven-bay three-storey over raised basement Georgian house, built 1730-1737, to designs by John Rothery. Hipped slate roof with cut-stone eaves course, moulded frieze and rendered chimneystack. Red brick walls to south elevation, cut-limestone to north elevation, having cut-stone quoins, string courses and architraves. Roughcast rendered walls to sides with cut-stone plinth and string courses. Segmental-arched openings to basement and square-headed openings to upper floors with timber sliding sash windows having thick glazing bars and limestone sills. Carved limestone pilaster and entablature doorcases with timber panelled doors to south and north elevations. Flight of limestone steps leading to south entrance. Detached eight-bay single-storey outbuilding with round-headed integral carriage arch and moulded architraves to openings. Red brick piers with ball finials having pedimented round-headed flanking niches and bellcote, set in rubble stone boundary walls.