Survey Data
Reg No
41400806
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
259272, 332638
Date Recorded
15/04/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular, built c.1820, with attic and having gabled projecting entrance bay to front (south) elevation, and gabled return to middle of rear elevation. Pitched reed thatched roof with flush wrapped ridge having decorative cross sparring, low paired, rendered chimneystacks, and timber eaves course. Recent down-pipe to west elevation. Rendered walls, ruled-and-lined to rear, having render plinth course and block-and-start quoins. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows, and render sills, and with render surrounds to front, east and west elevations. Round-headed window opening at attic floor level in entrance projection, with render surround and sill, and timber-framed lattice window. Square-headed window opening to east elevation of rear return with stained-glass panels. Segmental-headed door opening to front having replacement fittings, and render surround. Square-headed door opening to west end of rear return with replacement uPVC door. Lawn to front of house.
Appraisal
Despite some alterations, this house retains its essential original form and character, and most notably its thatched roof. It is representative of a traditional roofing style which, once prominent, is now extremely rare in County Monaghan.