Survey Data

Reg No

13900704


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Social, Technical


Original Use

House


Date

1790 - 1810


Coordinates

302615, 306408


Date Recorded

12/07/2005


Date Updated

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Description

Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800. Rectangular-plan. Pitched straw thatch roof, scalloped to eaves, brick chimneystacks. Lime-washed random rubble walling. Square-headed window openings, painted timber casement windows, painted tooled stone sills. Square-headed door opening, flanking projecting engaged square piers, painted stone plinths. Two random rubble outbuildings to south, profiled metal sheeted roofs, painted random rubble walling. Road fronted east elevation.

Appraisal

This modest thatched house is a fine surviving example of vernacular building in Louth. The house has been maintained to a high standard and the essential character and proportions survive intact.