Survey Data
Reg No
40907318
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
166751, 392931
Date Recorded
08/12/2016
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1870, having porch addition to front, and addition to rear. Pitched straw-thatched roof with wire mesh over and wired to stone pegs to gable and eaves, and two rendered chimneystacks; flat felt roofs to porch and addition. Roughcast-rendered walls with painted plinth course. Square-headed openings with painted stone sills and replacement timber windows and replacement glazed timber door. Three-bay single-storey vernacular house of c.1820 to west, having rounded pitched roof with remains of thatch, sod underthatch, stone pegs to gable, rubble chimneystacks, and square-headed openings. Single-storey rubble-walled outbuildings to rear.
Appraisal
A well-maintained thatched house that retains many characteristic vernacular features, including small openings, low chimneys, and especially its thatched roof. The thatch has been secured to stone pegs, located in the eaves and gables, in the traditional manner seen in Donegal. The ruined house and outbuildings to the rear are interesting vernacular structures.