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31307121
Representative view of house.  Courtesy of Dublin Civic Trust
Reg. No.31307121
Date1898 - 1917
Previous NameN/A
TownlandSHANVALLY [GALL. BY.]
CountyCounty Mayo
Coordinates135728, 292339
Categories of Special InterestARCHITECTURAL SOCIAL
RatingRegional
Original Usehouse
In Use Ashouse
 
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched house with dormer attic, extant 1917, with single-bay single-storey lean-to outshot (north-east). In ruins, 2000. "Restored", 2005. For sale, 2012. Pitched Turkish reed thatch roof with exposed stretchers to decorative raised ridge having blind scallops, dwarf chimney stack having stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pot, and concrete coping to gables. Limewashed battered walls with rough hewn limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing timber boarded doors. Interior including kitchen retaining hearth, timber boarded opposing door, and timber boarded vaulted ceiling. Set in unkempt grounds. Photography courtesy of Dublin Civic Trust

Appraisal

A house identified as an integral component of the early twentieth-century vernacular heritage of the rural outskirts of Kiltimagh by such traits as the rectilinear direct entry plan form featuring a characteristic outshot; the construction in unrefined local fieldstone displaying a feint battered silhouette; the disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing; and the high pitched roof latterly showing a non-indigenous Turkish reed thatch finish.
 
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