Survey Data
Reg No
30405304
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Teacher's house
In Use As
House
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
105397, 242784
Date Recorded
03/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay single-storey former schoolteacher's house, with dormer attic, built c 1880, and having gabled windbreak to front elevation and recent flat-roof addition to rear. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings having concrete sills, both floors of gables having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and narrow fixed timber windows, and front elevation having bipartite four-over-four pane timber sliding sash window. Square headed doorway having cast-iron boot scrape, battened timber door and overlight. Recent two-bay single-storey garage with pitched artificial slate roof to south-east. Rubble stone boundary walls with timber gate to south-east.
Appraisal
This aesthetically pleasing house contributes to the diversity of the architectural heritage of the area. The house was originally associated with Leam School close by. It retains historic fabric such as a slate roof and timber sash windows. The variety of windows enhances the character of the house whilst the unusual fenestration of the front elevation further enhances the building. A further point of interest is that the surrounding area is known as one of the locations used in the film 'The Quiet Man', the nearby bridge now known as 'The Quiet Man Bridge'.