Survey Data
Reg No
30410315
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
137497, 218396
Date Recorded
02/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1850, having flat-roofed porch to front (south) elevation, and recent extension to rear. Pitched thatched roof with slightly raised scolloped ridge, and rendered chimneystack. Painted smooth rendered walls having painted rendered quoins and plinth course. Square-headed window openings having painted rendered surrounds and painted stone sills with replacement timber windows. Square-headed door opening having replacement timber door. Outbuildings to west of site having corrugated-iron monopitch roofs and rendered walls with timber battened fittings.
Appraisal
The low elevation, thick walls, and small irregularly spaced openings are typical of the vernacular tradition in Ireland. Once common throughout the countryside and small villages, thatched buildings have become increasingly rare, and the survival of this example is notable. It is enhanced by decorative render dressings to the openings.