Survey Data
Reg No
30406402
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
81497, 239123
Date Recorded
02/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-bay single-storey outbuilding, built c.1860. Pitched thatched roof with stepped rubble stone verges. Painted formerly limewashed drystone rubble granite walls with rubble quoins. Square-headed window opening to rear elevation and square-headed door opening to north, latter with replacement timber battened door. Tarmacadamed area to front of building which stands at roadside.
Appraisal
This vernacular outbuilding is one of a distinctive series in West Galway. It is a small and modest building attesting to the relative simplicity of vernacular architecture.