Survey Data
Reg No
40900440
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
242598, 449990
Date Recorded
25/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1880 with windbreak porch and attached outbuilding. Pitched thatched roof with smooth rendered gable ended chimneystacks with coping. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered porch and plinth course to front. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one timber sash windows and painted sills. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door. Attached outbuilding with asbestos cement roof; other outbuildings to site.
Appraisal
A vernacular thatched house retaining its architectural integrity and form despite the loss of some fabric. Thatched buildings, although still relatively common in Inishowen, nationally are becoming increasingly rare. The rounded pitched roof, designed to minimise the impact of high winds, demonstrates a subtle adaptation of thatch roof construction, to accommodate local climatic conditions in exposed areas such as Inishowen.