Survey Data
Reg No
30410325
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
140218, 219100
Date Recorded
03/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having entrance porch to front (north) elevation, and recent two-storey extension to east end of rear. Hipped thatched roof having raised decoratively scolloped ridge, and rendered chimneystack. Whitewashed rendered walls. Square-headed openings having replacement timber windows and replacement half-glazed timber door. Wrought-iron vehicular gate to rear of front yard, flanked by rendered piers. Rubble stone boundary walls to garden to front of site.
Appraisal
The low elevation, 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. Despite being altered, it retains its original form and structure.