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31307715
Representative view of farmhouse.  Courtesy of Dublin Civic Trust
Reg. No.31307715
Date1700 - 1838
Previous NameN/A
TownlandBALLYNACARRIGA [BURR. BY.]
CountyCounty Mayo
Coordinates105091, 287257
Categories of Special InterestARCHITECTURAL SOCIAL
RatingRegional
Original Usefarm house
In Use Asfarm house
 
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1838, originally attached. Extensively renovated, 1998. Replacement pitched Turkish reed thatch roof with chicken wire-covered exposed steel lattice stretchers to raised ridge having blind scallops, cement rendered chimney stack supporting terracotta pot, and concrete or rendered coping to gables. Replacement cement rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber casement windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled half-doors. Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site with dry stone boundary wall to perimeter. Photography courtesy of Dublin Civic Trust

Appraisal

A farmhouse identified as an integral component of the vernacular heritage of County Mayo by such traits as the rectilinear direct entry plan form; 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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