In reality, layers of different centuries are folded into the fabric of the building, each one quietly obscuring what came before.

The house dates in origin to the end of the 17th century, but according to Mark Bence-Jones's 1978 survey of Irish country houses, it was largely remodelled across the 18th and 19th centuries. That kind of accumulated alteration was common among the gentry houses of the Irish countryside, where changing tastes, improved fortunes, or simple practicality prompted successive owners to update facades, extend wings, or rework interiors. The result is a building that carries the date of its founding only loosely, its earlier character absorbed into whatever the later work left standing.