Survey Data
Reg No
21902402
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
173155, 147686
Date Recorded
22/01/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800, with flat-roofed post office extension and windbreak to front (south-east) elevation and recent extension rear (north-west) elevation. Pitched reed thatched roof with rendered chimneystacks and copings to gables. Rendered mud walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows having painted sills. Square-headed opening set in windbreak having timber panelled half-glazed door. Concrete outbuilding to front of site.
Appraisal
This building is a fine example of Ireland's traditional house building, which is fast disappearing from the countryside. Its contrasting reed thatch roof and mud walls are typical of materials used in vernacular house building. The survival of the timber sash windows further enhance the building's appearance. Although extended and modernised, the original simple form of the building is still clearly visible. The addition of a small post office/shop was common place in the past as a means to supplement incomes.