Survey Data
Reg No
40901123
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
246031, 443556
Date Recorded
22/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1820, with modern single-bay extension to rear. Pitched rounded thatched roof with netting restraint and timber and metal rope stays to eaves, and smooth rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with stepped smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with rendered patent surrounds and replacement timber windows, and painted concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with rendered patent surround, concrete lintel and replacement timber door. Constitutes part terrace of two thatched dwellings with (40901122) to east.
Appraisal
An attractive vernacular house forming part of a thatched pair of houses, a good example of its type and despite the loss of original fenestration remains a valuable addition to the architectural heritage of the area. 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. A small settlement, named Inishnaneill, is shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map of c. 1837, but it is not clear whether this house dates from then or is later.