Survey Data
Reg No
30410307
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
138234, 219009
Date Recorded
03/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having flat-roofed entrance porch to front (south) elevation, single-bay outbuilding to west gable, single-bay garage to east gable. Pitched thatched roof having painted rendered chimneystack. Painted roughcast rendered walls having smooth rendered walls to porch and west gable. Square-headed window openings having painted sills with replacement timber windows. Square-headed door opening having replacement timber door. Outbuilding to west of site having pitched corrugated-iron roof with whitewashed rendered walls and square-headed openings with replacement fittings.
Appraisal
The low elevation and chimneystack, thick walls and small openings are typical of the vernacular tradition in Ireland. Once common throughout the countryside and small villages, thatched buildings have become increasingly rare, and the survival of this example is notable. The outbuildings are typical features which add context to the site.