Survey Data
Reg No
40901242
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
258011, 448009
Date Recorded
25/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1820, with windbreak porch to front, and modern single-storey extension to rear. Rounded pitched thatched roof with netting restraint and timber and metal rope stays to eaves, smooth rendered chimneystacks to gables with rendered coping; flat stone roof to porch. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with replacement two-over-two horned timber sash windows and painted sills. Square-headed door opening with replacement battened timber door, and stone threshold. Set within own grounds with smooth rendered boundary wall. Detached ruined, formerly thatched single-storey rubble outbuilding to north.
Appraisal
A vernacular thatched house, recently restored for modern use. Thatched buildings, although still relatively common in Inishowen, nationally are becoming increasingly rare, making their survival a matter of importance. It forms part of a small vernacular settlement which is marked and named on the Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map of c. 1837. The attractive setting adds to its appeal and appreciation.