Survey Data
Reg No
30408224
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
136025, 231707
Date Recorded
03/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800. Pitched thatched roof having smooth rendered chimneystack. Painted pebbledashed walls having painted smooth render course framing front elevation. Square-headed window openings having painted reveals and painted stone sills with replacement timber windows. Square-headed door opening having painted reveal and replacement timber battened door. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate set into painted rendered boundary wall to front garden.
Appraisal
The low elevation, thick walls, and small openings of this house are typical of the vernacular tradition in Ireland. Once common throughout the countryside and towns and villages, thatched buildings have become increasingly rare. This example also retains its low chimneystack.