Survey Data
Reg No
20910013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
186551, 60172
Date Recorded
02/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, having two-bay flat-roofed projecting extension to front (south) elevation. Hipped thatch roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with exposed rubble limestone wall to east elevation. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening to extension with timber half-glazed door. Painted rubble limestone boundary wall with rendered coping to south.
Appraisal
Fine vernacular house retaining its early character and form in spite of some modernisation. Vernacular thatched roofs are becoming increasingly rare, as recently as the mid-twentieth century the village of Gyleen consisted wholly of thatched structures. The survival of this house adds significantly to the architectural heritage of the area.