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| 14925001 |
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| Reg. No. | 14925001 |
| Date | 1780 - 1820 |
| Previous Name | N/A |
| Townland | HAWKSWOOD |
| County | County Offaly |
| Coordinates | 234358, 219505 |
| Categories of Special Interest | ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICAL |
| Rating | Regional |
| Original Use | house |
| In Use As | house |
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house, built c.1800, with direct-entry plan. Pitched oaten straw roof with lines of scolloping and bobbins to ridge and having twine to eaves. Rendered chimneystacks. Pebbledashed stone walls. Square-headed timber sash windows. Porch with flat concrete roof, timber sash windows and timber battened door. Single-bay extension to rear with pitched tiled roof, with flat-roofed link to original building. Rendered boundary wall and piers with wrought-iron gate to road boundary.
Appraisal
This thatched house is sited at right angles to the public road, a familiar feature of vernacular architecture. The simple form of the roof with its row of ridge bobbins and lines of scolloping to the ridge makes this building a representative example of the county's vernacular architecture. |
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