Adare Manor

Detached former Tudor Revival style country house, built between 1832-1850, comprising main block and lower two-storey wing, dated 1832, with attached multiple-bay five-story block to north of main house, built c. 1989. Now in use as hotel. Main house comprises multiple-bay four-storey entrance block to west with projecting entrance bay topped with octagonal-profile turrets, recessed central section and projecting bay with canted bay windows to first and second floors. Multiple-bay three-storey garden front to south with three projecting and three recessed sections. Off-centre gabled projecting central section with double-height canted bay window, flanked by canted projection to west comprising three-storey canted bay windows topped with octagonal parapets and projecting end bay to east. Square-plan four-stage tower with crenellated parapet and gabled roof and having octagonal profile abutment to west elevation. Multiple-bay four-storey east elevation facing the river, comprising projecting and recessed bays, semi-circular plan section. Multiple-bay two-storey wing linking main house to new addition, with gabled pediment to central block topped with carved limestone clock face surmounted by bellcote to front and chimneystack to rear. Octagonal-plan four-stage tower to south-west. Projecting chimneystack to rear central block with carved limestone date plaque. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods and decorative carved stone circular-profile chimneystacks. Cut stone parapets to roofs, crenellated to entrance block. Parapet formed of carved lettering above cornice to garden elevation of main block. Carved stone finials to gables. Cast-iron finial to square-plan tower. Cut limestone walls with carved stringcourses and plinth course. Carved frieze above door to entrance block and dividing ground and first floors to block to south. Carved limestone panel to west gable of south block. Carved limestone frieze dividing first and ground floor to south elevation of south block, with heraldic motifs, and date plaque with raised lettering. Square-headed openings to bay windows with multiple paned windows divided by carved limestone mullions. Square-headed openings to turrets with cast-iron windows and carved label mouldings, those to upper stages with carved square-headed panels below. Paired round-headed openings to second floor with sash windows and carved limestone label mouldings. Square-headed openings to north elevation of south block with carved limestone transoms and mullions and quarry glazed windows, some with carved label mouldings above. Lancet openings to ground floor of bay window to west elevation of south block with carved limestone transoms and mullions, some mullions incorporating decorative colonettes supporting projection of bay window above. Square-headed openings to first floor with pointed arch tracery and cast-iron windows. Square-headed openings to second floor, south elevation. Double rows of lancet openings to ground and first floor of south elevation, west bay with carved limestone transoms and mullions. Paired pointed arch openings to first floor, bays to west of gabled projection. Multiple pointed arch openings to ground floor and first floor of bays to west of gabled projection with carved limestone transoms and mullions. Some coloured glass panes. Double rows of pointed arch openings to canted bay window to gabled projection with carved limestone transoms and mullions and fixed pane windows. Triple pointed arch opening to second floor of gabled projection with fixed pane window and carved limestone label moulding. Pointed arch openings to ground floor of bays to east of gabled projection, having replacement windows. Paired and triple pointed arch openings to other floors of bays to east, with carved limestone transoms and mullions, fixed pane windows and carved limestone label mouldings. Four-centred arch opening to ground floor of east elevation of south block with triple fixed pane windows having carved surrounds. Square-headed openings to bay window and to floor above to east of south elevaiton with fixed pane windows and carved limestone transoms and mullions, that to second floor with carved label moulding. Paired pointed arch openings to block to east of tower with label mouldings above. Four-centred arch openings to semi-circular plan block with label mouldings above. Square-headed openings to east elevation of entrance block with multiple pane windows to bay window. Four-centred arch door opening to entrance block with stepped carved limestone surround, recessed flat-arched door opening beyond with stepped surround, hoodmoulding and timber panelled double-leaf door. Pointed arch opening to north elevation of south block with chamfered surround, carved limestone hoodmoulding and timber battened door apporached by cut limestone steps. Retains interior features including stucco ceilings, marble fireplaces, timber gallery, carved limestone colonnade, carved timber staircases, timber panelling, stained glass windows, timber choir stalls, carved stone doorcases. Grounds to site with cut limestone steps and plinth walls and cut limestone boundary wall.