Survey Data
Reg No
31312309
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1890 - 1900
Coordinates
122050, 251593
Date Recorded
08/03/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched house, under construction 1894[?]. Refenestrated. Pitched reed thatch roof with exposed hazel or sally lattice stretchers to chevron- or saw tooth-detailed raised ridge having exposed scallops, limewashed dwarf chimney stack having stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta tapered pot, and concrete coping to gables. Limewashed lime rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber casement windows having lattice glazing bars. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing corrugated-iron-panelled timber doors. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having capping supporting timber gate.
Appraisal
A house identified as an integral component of the late nineteenth-century vernacular heritage of Glencorrib by such attributes as the rectilinear direct entry plan form; the construction in unrefined local fieldstone displaying a battered silhouette; the somewhat disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing; and the high pitched roof showing a thatch finish.