Survey Data
Reg No
14943012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Moatland Cottage
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
214375, 193875
Date Recorded
05/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement farmhouse, built c.1840, in front of an earlier two-storey farmhouse. House is flanked by squared limestone walls with carriage-arch openings and pedestrian gateways accessing partially cobbled rear yard. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and bracketed eaves to main house. Pitched slate and tiled roof with some cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks to rear section. Pebbledashed walls. Square-headed window openings with tooled stone sills and timber sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening with timber panelled door flanked by decorative sidelights and with teardrop fanlight with stained and etched glass. Tooled stone threshold. Modern concrete porch to door. Front site enclosed by wrought-iron railings and accessed through wrought-iron gates. Ranges of stone outbuildings and stables enclose rear yard. Walled garden to south of house.
Appraisal
Danganreagh House, which is a modest mid nineteenth-century farmhouse, is situated in front of an earlier farmhouse, known as Moatland Cottage. The earlier farmhouse may date to the end of the eighteenth century. The flanking screen walls, with their matching carriage-arch openings and pedestrian entrances, further enhance the balanced symmetrical façade of the later house. The segmental-headed door opening is a notable feature of the farmhouse's design and its etched and coloured glazing enlivens the façade. The survival of many original features including the timber sash windows, walled garden and rear outbuildings contribute to the significance of the structure.