Silvergrove

Area

143,353 m² (14.34 ha, 35.42 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it, 357 m² on the ground

Zoning

No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.

Townland

Silvergrove

Planning applications on this parcel

No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.

• CL035-078 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  On a slightly elevated, densely overgrown area, on the northern shoreline of Kilgory Lough, with extensive views along the lough to S. The lakeside avenue approaches from SW. The remains of a late 17th-century house are extant to eaves level, although the front S-facing portion has been removed and replaced on the footprint by a later two-storey dwelling. Most of the W elevation is also gone. This faced a tree-lined vista (allée) (long-axis E-W) which extended to the tertiary road c. 570m to W, some elements of which still survive today. According to Bence-Jones (1998, 298), the late 17th-century house was a two-storey, gable-ended dwelling with marble chimneypieces in some of the rooms. It was the seat of the O’Callaghan family in the earlier 18th century and was occupied by the O’Connell family from the later 18th century and into the 19th century (ibid). Daniel O’Connell ‘The Liberator’ apparently stayed here during his Clare election campaign (ibid). According to the Landed Estates Datababse (Moore Institute, NUIG), it continued to belong to the O'Connell’s for the rest of the 19th century. The 17th century house is depicted as an L-shaped structure and is named as Kilgory House on all OS historic mapping from 1840 onwards. According to Bence-Jones (1998, 298) the house was demolished c. 1928, however Weir (1999), confirms that ‘most’, (indicating not all), of the 17th-century house was demolished in 1928. An abandoned two-storey roofed house located c. 1.7m to S, is likely to date post-1928, given that it is built partially on the same footprint and potentially from building materials salvaged from the demolished portions of the late 17th-century house. The 17th-century house consists of the roofless remains of a once much larger, two-storey, rectangular structure with a later single-storey gabled addition adjoining the N elevation at the W end. The remains consists of a roughly rectangular area defined by the N wall (T 0.75m), a severed one-bay return of the E wall (T 0.7m) and a short broken stump of the W wall. A cross-wall is parallel to the E and W elevations, dividing the ruin into two distinct rooms. A kitchen is located to east and a probable living room is situated to west. The W wall no longer survives. The remaining building and cross-wall are constructed of rubble limestone with the external relieving arches and eaves course formed by finely cut and dressed limestone forming flat arches. Large, finely cut and dressed limestone quoins form the NE corner. The remains of a cut limestone eaves course is also evident at the NE corner. The remains of an external and internal render can be seen in places, including scratch and finishing coats. The remains of a rectangular kitchen (max. 9m N-S; 4.6m E-W) occupy the NE corner of the ruin. Three broken-out brick fireplaces are present in the N wall, including a bread-oven. Opposing, round-headed brick wall-niches (H 1.58m; Wth 0.75m) are located in the E and W walls, adjacent to the fireplaces, suggesting a storage function. A large lintelled window embrasure (H 2.2m; Wth 2.25m) with brick relieving arch is located in the E wall. A similar window is located directly above at first-floor level. The broken relieving arch of a similar sized window is located close to S, at ground and first-floor level, suggesting that the E wall was at least a two-bay, two-storey elevation. A fireplace off-centre to E is the only surviving feature evident in the N wall at first-floor level. A splayed doorway (Wth 0.95m at E; Wth 1.15m at W; H 1.85m) is situated in the internal dividing wall (T 0.65m) at ground-floor level and a similar doorway is directly above. These doorways gave access between the E and W rooms at ground and first-floor level. A breach is located c. 1.4m to S. A series of first-floor joist hangers are in the E and W walls, suggesting a ceiling to floor height in the kitchen of c. 2.7m. The S wall and the adjoining W ends of the cross walls do not survive. The remains of a rectangular room (max. 8m N-S; 5.1m E-W) are adjoining to W. A lintelled wall-niche (Wth 1.2m; H 1.5m; D 0.4m) is located in the E wall, immediately adjacent to the internal door opening from the E room. A small blocked lintelled opening is located above, between the doorway and niche. A fireplace (Wth 2m; D 0.95m) and flue projects from the centre of the N wall, although the flue is largely broken out above the fireplace and is obscured by ivy. A single-storey, gable-ended addition (5.9m E-W; 3.5m N-S) adjoins to rear. It is accessed through a lintelled doorway (H 2.1m; Wth 1.15m; D 0.62m) in the N gable. It is constructed of similar rubble stone materials with cut stone quoins and a matching cut limestone eaves course, which is seen on the N and S walls. The remains of some large slates are evident along the N gable and N and S eaves. This addition is pierced by a window (Wth 0.8m; H 2.25m) off-centre to S, in the W elevation. Internally, there is a splayed window embrasure (H 2.2m; Wth 1.45m; D 0.65m) in the W wall and there is a small fireplace (H 0.85m; Wth 0.72m; D 0.38m) in the E wall. The scar of a lean-to roof is also evident on this wall, suggesting that this addition was modified to a double-pitched structure and a fireplace was later inserted. Two different sets of joist hangers in the N gable would suggest that this building was modified again at a later stage. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-078----_01.jpg From W. General view of late 17th-century house ruin and later house. CL035-078----_02.jpg From N. N gable of rear addition and remains of late 17th-century house. CL035-078----_03.jpg From E. Window openings in remains of E elevation. CL035-078----_04.jpg From NE. First floor, NE corner of late 17th century house. CL035-078----_05.jpg From W. Rear addition to late 17th-century house. CL035-078----_06.jpg From S. Interior ground floor of N kitchen wall and first-floor level fireplace. CL035-078----_07.jpg From E. Internal dividing wall between kitchen and west room. CL035-078----_08.jpg From S. Broken-out ground-floor fireplace in N wall of west room. CL035-078----_09.jpg Doorway and wall niche in E wall of west room. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 7 January 2019

• CL035-140 Burial ground
  Description

  In an area of shoreline scrub, on the northern shoreline of Kilgory Lough, c. 60m to E of Kilgory House (CL035-078----). An unenclosed area named ‘Grave Yd.’ on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The Ordnance Survey letters cite a small deserted burial place in the townland of Kilgory (OSL, vol. 2, 294). This is not readily visible due to its location within an area of overgrowth. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 January 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

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