Main Record - County Mayo
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| Description Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1838, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch. Renovated. Reroofed, 2006. Replacement pitched reed thatch roof on collared timber construction with exposed steel lattice stretchers to raised ridge having exposed scallops, cement rendered dwarf chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta pot, and concrete or rendered coping to gables. Replacement cement rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber casement windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with fittings not visible. Set in landscaped grounds perpendicular to road with rendered panelled piers to perimeter having segmental capping supporting wrought iron gate. Photography courtesy of Dublin Civic Trust Appraisal A farmhouse identified as an integral component of the vernacular heritage of Billypark by such attributes as the alignment perpendicular to the road; 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. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1894) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a neat self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a rural street scene. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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