Building c. 1840,[1] it is one of a number of such estate houses situated along the valley of the River Lee and its tributaries.

[2] Clontead More House is listed by Cork County Council on the Record of Protected Structures.

[3] It was also surveyed by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, which describes it as a detached three-bay, two-storey house, built c. 1840, having a front porch, two-storey extension on the southern side, and u-plan hipped slate roof with rendered chimney stacks.

Two-storey outbuildings are arranged around a rear courtyard, one of which is a former barn with stone steps leading to its western elevation.

[8] The Irish Tourist Association survey of 1944 refers to the property as 'Clontead House, Peake' and the former residence of Herbert Webb Gillman.