Survey Data
Reg No
30924007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Previous Name
Aghacashel Post Office
Original Use
House
Historical Use
Post office
Date
1760 - 1840
Coordinates
204663, 313479
Date Recorded
13/02/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey vernacular house, c.1820, with ‘bed outshot’. Blocked up window openings. Timber battened door. Limewashed stone walls. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with single chimneystack. Side of house with outshot now faces road.
Appraisal
This vernacular house is notable by the presence of the ‘bed outshot’. This projection, formerly accommodating a bed space in the kitchen, beside the hearth, was traditionally the sleeping place of an elderly parent or grandparent, who was thus involved in the everyday activities of the house. The outshot is found in north-western counties between Galway and Antrim and is a traditional feature of many houses in Atlantic Europe.