Survey Data
Reg No
30406916
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
132394, 236786
Date Recorded
13/02/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, with attic to north end. Pitched thatched roof with shallow blocked ridge, and with crendered chimneystacks to gable ends. Whitewashed walls with limestone quoins exposed at north end of façade. Square-headed window and door openings with replacement timber fittings. Outbuildings attached to south gable, forming small forecourt to house.
Appraisal
This house has retained a thatched roof, low chimneystacks and the simple, small, openings typical of domestic vernacular architecture in Ireland. It is part of a group of thatched houses in the vernacular cluster of Cloonboo.