placenamesRoss
An Ros
Stables and a boathouse preserve the service side of the Ross House estate.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Ros · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ross · English · main form
Place & story
A courtyard for horses and stores
The stable and outbuilding ranges at Ross House date from about 1780. They enclose a central courtyard, with single-storey ranges connected to a two-storey building at the rear. Rubble walls contrast with carefully dressed limestone around the openings. A pedimented carriage arch gives the working courtyard an architectural centrepiece. [2]
The woodland boathouse
The estate’s boathouse dates from about 1820. Its gable faces outward, with rough-textured stone walls, a timber-boarded upper gable and a pitched metal roof. The architectural inventory notes how the deliberately rusticated stonework gives it the appearance of a picturesque ruin, reinforced by its woodland setting. It forms a group with the house, stables and former gate lodge. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ross. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ross House stables — NIAH 14400802 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ross House boathouse — NIAH 14400803 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.