Survey Data
Reg No
30407007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
Museum/gallery
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
140731, 235820
Date Recorded
30/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey with attic vernacular house, built c.1800, having windbreak to entrance. Pitched thatched roof with blocked ridge and limewashed chimneystack. Rendered copings and eaves course. Limewashed coursed random rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and tooled limestone sills. Square-headed timber battened half-door door to entrance. Set in car park with Lackagh Heritage Park to rear and small garden to front.
Appraisal
This house was left derelict in the 1970s but was restored by the local community, with funding from FÁS in 1994 and is now used as the Lackagh Museum and Heritage Centre. It contains artefacts from the local area and has become a culturally important building to the local community. It is a typical example of a traditional building style that has become rare in Ireland.