Survey Data

Reg No

14403902


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Social


Original Use

Farm house


Date

1780 - 1820


Coordinates

302858, 259031


Date Recorded

12/05/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Detached five-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1800, now derelict. Hipped thatched roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered mud walls. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Outbuildings to site.

Appraisal

This farmhouse is representative of the vernacular tradition in Ireland. The materials utilised in its construction, such as the thatch, mud walls, and timber sash windows are traditional materials. Thatched farmhouses of this scale are becoming increasingly rare.