Detached four-bay two-storey double-pile
house with dormer attic, c.1725, on an asymmetrical
plan with projecting chimney breasts. Renovated,
c.1840,
with Tudor Revival façade enrichments added including
stepped gable, crenellations, turret finials and paired
chimney stacks.
The original house was built on the foundations of an
old medieval monastery. Apart from the Bunbury's the house had several
owners over the years including John Champion in 1814, and later the
Elliots and Fitzmaurices. It was rented in 1918 by Corry Langrishe
Connellan. Hi daughter, Phyllida Connellan married Walter Couchman, who
was knighted when he became Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy.
Source: 'The Carlow Gentry' p.69
