Survey Data
Reg No
13900704
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
House
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
302615, 306408
Date Recorded
12/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800. Rectangular-plan. Pitched straw thatch roof, scalloped to eaves, brick chimneystacks. Lime-washed random rubble walling. Square-headed window openings, painted timber casement windows, painted tooled stone sills. Square-headed door opening, flanking projecting engaged square piers, painted stone plinths. Two random rubble outbuildings to south, profiled metal sheeted roofs, painted random rubble walling. Road fronted east elevation.
Appraisal
This modest thatched house is a fine surviving example of vernacular building in Louth. The house has been maintained to a high standard and the essential character and proportions survive intact.