Kilsaran House revist Saturday 5th July 2014.

 

Summertime is never a good time to visit old houses or derelict sites simply due to the fact that the undergrowth is enjoying its maximum growing season and usually its impossible to get far or to even photograph anything of note.

However, this being said, with a few hours to spare last Saturday we ventured a short distance for a short walk and revisited the nearby Kilsaran House and took this panorama image of the still intact Ballroom of the house.  Constructed in the mid 1930s for the building material of the day, concrete, the ballroom stands bunker like at the side of the house and is really the significant part of the house still standing.  The main part of the original house, just visible through the bay windows, has now fully collapsed into a heap and nothing remains but the external walls, and even those are beginning to fall outwards.  Abondoned in the early 1990s the house soon became a haven for 'Rave' parties, a bit different from the black tie balls that were once held there, and very soon afterwards fire and neglect finished it off.  Despite being sold in the late 90s, presumably for development, the house now stands an overgrown ruin.

The above photoshopped image incorporates an image taken of guests at one of the many balls superimposed over the same scene today.  The large circular window is still there, though the glass has obviously long gone, but is still impressive.  The dance floor has long decayed or been ripped up by vandals.

Where too next ???   Perhaps a return visit to Stephenstown house.  Always an impresive ruin with lots of detail still in situ.