Survey Data
Reg No
15701304
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1700 - 1840
Coordinates
285028, 146657
Date Recorded
31/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Attached five-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay single-storey lean-to windbreak. Occupied, 1911. Reroofed, ----. Chicken wire-covered replacement pitched oat thatch roof with exposed wire stretchers to ridge having exposed scallops, replacement red brick Running bond off-central chimney stack having paired stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and exposed wire stretchers to eaves having exposed scallops. Roughcast battered walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with concrete threshold, and concealed dressings including rough hewn granite lintel framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash (ground floor) or timber casement (dormer attic) windows behind wrought iron bars. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
A farmhouse identified as an integral component of the vernacular heritage of north County Wexford by such attributes as the rectilinear lobby entry plan form centred on a characteristic windbreak; the construction in unrefined local materials displaying a battered silhouette; the disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing; and the high pitched roof showing a replenished oat thatch finish. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent limewashed outbuildings (extant 1840) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a neat self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a rural village street scene.