Main Record - County Mayo
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| Description Detached five-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1838, possibly originally three- or four-bay single-storey. Refenestrated. Pitched roof with part chicken wire-covered replacement reed or rye straw thatch, remains of rope twist[?] above exposed hazel lattice stretchers to raised ridge having exposed scallops, and rendered coping to gables with rendered dwarf chimney stacks to apexes having cut-limestone shallow stringcourses below capping. Roughcast battered walls with rusticated rendered piers to ends. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and chevron- or saw tooth-indented rendered surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with chevron- or saw tooth-indented rendered surrounds framing replacement glazed timber panelled doors. Set back from line of road in own grounds with rendered piers to perimeter supporting iron gate. Additional photography courtesy of Dublin Civic Trust Appraisal A farmhouse identified as an integral component of the vernacular heritage of the outskirts of Shrule by such attributes as the rectilinear direct entry plan form; the construction in unrefined local fieldstone demonstrating a feint battered silhouette; and the high pitched roof showing a replenished thatch finish. However, while the elementary form and massing survive intact, the introduction of replacement fittings to the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the external expression or integrity of a farmhouse making a pleasing visual statement in a rural street scene. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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