Survey Data
Reg No
30410328
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
Public house
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
140274, 218184
Date Recorded
03/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic storey, built c.1800, having recent five-bay two-storey extension with thatched roof to rear (north). Now in use as public house. Pitched thatched roof having painted rendered chimneystack. Painted smooth rendered walls having painted rendered quoins. Square-headed window openings having painted smooth render surrounds, painted stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening having replacement timber door. Smooth rendered boundary walls.
Appraisal
The low elevation and chimneystack, thick walls and small openings are typical of the vernacular tradition in Ireland. Once common throughout the countryside and small villages, thatched buildings have become increasingly rare, and the survival of this example is notable. Despite being altered to the rear, its original form and structure is evident. This example stands in a former fishing settlement in an inlet of Galway Bay.