Survey Data
Reg No
12404302
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1700 - 1839
Coordinates
255246, 116379
Date Recorded
13/12/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1839, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting porch. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Hipped water reed thatch roof on a T-shaped plan centred on hipped water reed thatch roof (porch), exposed lattice stretchers to raised ridge having exposed scallops, red brick Running bond off-central chimney stack having paired stringcourses below capping, and blind stretchers to eaves having blind scallops. Rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set perpendicular to lane on a corner site.
Appraisal
A farmhouse identified as an important component of the vernacular heritage of south County Kilkenny by such attributes as the alignment perpendicular to the lane; the compact lobby entry plan form centred on an expressed porch; the construction in unrefined local fieldstone displaying a battered silhouette; the disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing; and the high pitched roof showing a thatch finish. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, an adjacent "tin roofed" outbuilding (----) continues to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene.