placenamesSummerhill
Cnoc an Línsigh
A dated house, a vernacular farmstead and carved entrance columns broaden the district’s architectural history.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cnoc an Línsigh · Irish · main form
- Summerhill · English · main form
Place & story
An estate worker’s house of 1878
The architectural inventory dates a former estate worker’s house in Summerhill to 1878. The two-storey building has a central gable, timber bargeboards and decorative mouldings above its windows. It records a smaller domestic component of the planned estate village, alongside the better-known mansion and its entrance. [2]
Clay walls at Clondoogan
At Clondoogan, a farmhouse dating from around 1900 combines rendered rubble limestone and clay walls. The survey records slate over one end and corrugated iron covering thatch over the other. Three outbuilding ranges use similar walling materials, preserving a farm group built with locally available resources. [3]
Spring Valley’s entrance columns
Spring Valley’s entrance has a pair of carved limestone Corinthian columns dated to around 1750 by the inventory. They carry gates flanked by railings, with another pair of gate piers farther east. The entrance forms a group with the house, outbuildings and former gate lodge. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Summerhill. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Summerhill, former estate worker’s house, NIAH 14333010 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Clondoogan farmhouse, NIAH 14333011 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Spring Valley House entrance, NIAH 14333002 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-04-17. How this page was prepared.