This detached two-storey, five-bay house catches the eye with its heavy projecting chimney stacks at both gable ends; features that once included lozenge-shaped chimney stacks arranged in single rows until modifications in 1896. The building appears on the 1841 Ordnance Survey map simply marked as 'Rush Hall Inn', testament to its long-established role in the community.

Local tradition holds that the inn was originally constructed to house the workers building the nearby Rush Hall Court, though it quickly evolved into its more enduring role as a public house. According to historian Carrigan's 1905 account, the building served as a proper inn throughout living memory until around 1860, when its function as a public house came to an end. The architectural details, particularly those projecting chimneys that define its silhouette, speak to the vernacular building traditions of seventeenth-century Laois.

Today, the building remains an important piece of County Laois's architectural heritage, documented in the Archaeological Inventory of County Laois published in 1995. Its evolution from workers' accommodation to public inn, and finally to its current state, mirrors the changing social and economic landscape of rural Ireland across three centuries. The structure's endurance and its carefully documented history make it a valuable resource for understanding how communities developed around great estate houses in early modern Ireland.