Survey Data
Reg No
12404506
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
252406, 113706
Date Recorded
01/12/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1800, with entrance windbreak to centre on an elliptical plan. Refenestrated, c.1950. Hipped roof with water reed thatch having rope work to ridge, and red brick Running bond chimney stack having paired stringcourses. Painted rendered walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with painted sills, rendered surrounds, and replacement one-over-one timber sash windows, c.1950. Square-headed door opening with limestone-flagged threshold, and replacement glazed tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, pre-1994. Road fronted.
Appraisal
Identified as an important element of the vernacular legacy of County Kilkenny by attributes including the construction in locally-sourced materials, the windbreak incorporating an elliptical plan redolent of the Callan region, the thatched roof, and so on a well-maintained modest-scale thatched cottage reputed to be amongst the oldest-surviving in the area makes a positive contribution to the scenic value of the local landscape.