Built from limestone rubble with distinctive base battering on its north and east walls, this structure measures approximately 10.6 metres north to south and 9.6 metres east to west. The Civil Survey of 1654-6 recorded it as belonging to Sir Richard Butler, an Irish Catholic baronet, though by then it was already described as merely ‘a stump of a Castle’ with no cabins or other improvements. A two-storey farmhouse has since been built onto the north end of the east side, whilst a stone outbuilding leans against the south face, and the quarry that once opened to the west face has long been filled in.

The tower house’s original entrance was positioned west of centre in the north wall, protected by murder holes; a defensive feature that allowed defenders to attack intruders from above. Though much of the original doorway has been rebuilt, likely during the 19th century, evidence suggests it led to a lobby system with possible guard room, before opening into the main ground floor chamber. This chamber, measuring roughly 5.3 by 5.44 metres, was lit by windows in both the east and west walls, though these have been broken out and rebuilt over time. A spiral staircase in the northeast angle, lit by angle loops, once provided access to the first floor, which featured three windows and a mural chamber within the north wall that gave access to the murder holes above.

By 1840, when the Ordnance Survey Letters were compiled, the site had taken on a more industrial character, with a limestone quarry at the northwest corner and an adjacent lime kiln where limestone was burned with coal. The thatched building attached to the east wall housed a farming family, marking the tower’s transition from defensive structure to agricultural support. Today, the interior shows further modern adaptations including concrete block walls and partitions creating lean-to sheds within the ground floor chamber, supported by timber beams built into the original walls. The tower house doesn’t survive above first floor level, though according to the current landowner, a blocked chute in the thickness of the south wall likely served as a garderobe, providing a glimpse of the domestic arrangements of its medieval inhabitants.