Survey Data
Reg No
30408214
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
128475, 228526
Date Recorded
03/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800. Pitched reed thatched roof having low red brick chimneystack. Limewashed rendered walls to front elevation and rendered walls elsewhere. Diminutive square-headed window openings having timber framed fixed pane windows. Square-headed door opening having timber half-door. House facing directly onto road with rubble limestone boundary wall at south-east.
Appraisal
The low elevation and thick walls of this house are typical of the vernacular tradition in Ireland. This house has unusually small windows, probably reflecting the size of those generally found in domestic vernacular architecture but not generally enlarged. Thatched buildings have become increasingly rare and the survival of this particularly interesting example, makes it a structure of more than usual interest.