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Longfield House
Co Tipperary, Ireland
Completion:
December 2001
A late Eighteenth century country house located in Longfield
Stud situated on a slope overlooking the river Suir. It was occupied by
Bianconi, an Italian who was instrumental in the development of commercial road
transport in Ireland, in the Nineteenth Century. He planned and built Italian
gardens and imported architectural features - included at least one stunning
sculpted marble fire surround to the house. The building subsequently became a
local bar and then lodgings.

The first phase, now completed, set out to
repair and improve the exterior and install a new Welsh slate roof and a new
ashlar and rubble stone light-well around the building.

Phase 2,
commencing April 2002 sets out to restore and refurbish the interior of the
house as a private residence once again.

© 2005 Christopher Smallwood Architects