Survey Data
Reg No
31302910
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1805 - 1815
Coordinates
112737, 320592
Date Recorded
14/02/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement farmhouse, built 1810; extant 1838, on a U-shaped plan with single-bay two-storey lean-to bows to end bays on elliptical plans; three-bay full-height rear (south) elevation. Sold, 1907[?]. Refenestrated. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan extending into lean-to slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having chamfered capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Fine roughcast walls. Central door opening not visible. Square-headed central window opening to front (north) elevation with square-headed window openings to rear (south) elevation, drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.
Appraisal
A farmhouse erected for Major Oliver Cuff Jackson (d. 1845; Lewis 1837 I, 438) representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of County Mayo with the architectural value of the composition, one rooted firmly in the contemporary Georgian fashion, suggested by such attributes as the deliberate alignment maximising on scenic vistas overlooking landscaped grounds; the compact plan form centred on an understated doorcase, albeit one largely obscured by a later porch; and the somewhat disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing compounded by the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior: the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings, however, has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of a farmhouse having historic connections with the Jackson family including George Humphrey Jackson (1813-95), one-time Land Agent for the Fetherstonhaughs of nearby Glenmore (see 31302907); and the Cooke family including Adam Cooke (1857-1932), one-time Sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary (NA 1911).