Survey Data
Reg No
40901254
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social, Technical
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1770 - 1790
Coordinates
260171, 447265
Date Recorded
25/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay single-storey vernacular outbuilding, built c. 1780. Pitched rounded straw thatched roof with rope netting restraint and timber rope stays to eaves. Whitewashed random rubble walls. Modern tank to gable. Square-headed door openings with stone lintels and timber door-frame. Set to north of derelict single-storey thatched house. Located to the north-east of settlement.
Appraisal
Although thatched houses are an increasingly rare type, thatched outbuildings are particularly rare. This structure retains its intrinsic scale and form. The rounded pitched roof is designed to minimise the impact of high winds, demonstrating the subtle adaptation of more common thatch detail to accommodate local climatic variations in exposed areas such as the Inishowen peninsula. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map of c. 1837, forming part of an extensive, named, vernacular clachan settlement.