Corravahan
- Klasifikace
- Panské sídlo
- Země
- Irsko
- Region
- County Cavan
- Adresa
- Corravahan, Drung, Ballyhaise, H12 D860, Cavan
- Období / styl
- Late-Georgian / early nineteenth-century classical
Corravahan, or Coravahn as it was formerly called, is a substantial early nineteenth-century classical country house of circa 1840, designed by William Farrell in a restrained late-Georgian style. Originally built as a rectory by the Beresford family, it replaced an eighteenth-century parsonage at Drung. The house comprises a square, regular three-bay three-storey block over a basement, with a full-height two-bay bow on the West elevation, a single-bay single-storey central porch on the entrance front, and a substantial return to the North. Principal ground-floor rooms include drawing and dining rooms, a study and a library. The main bedrooms occupy the first floor; the upper floors served as a nursery floor with schoolroom. The house remained in use as a rectory until 1870, when it was sold to Reverend Charles Leslie, later bishop of Kilmore and cousin of the Leslie family from nearby Glaslough/Castle Leslie. Original period fittings are retained: chimneypieces, plasterwork, joinery and timber sash windows with original glass panes. The ruled-and-lined lime rendering was removed from the South elevation in the 1890s, revealing the rubble limestone beneath. The surrounding grounds include gardens and mature woodland with specimen trees and shrubs. Bishop Leslie's descendants occupied Corravahan until the late twentieth century. Following the deaths of the last lady owners in the 1970s, the house saw only occasional use until purchased in 2003. The current owners have undertaken sympathetic conservation and repair, with ongoing restoration of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century gardens. The upper yard contains a coach house, stables and former staff accommodation. Tours on the hour or by appointment, with last admission one hour before closing.
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