Survey Data
Reg No
30411014
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Outbuilding
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
85621, 210401
Date Recorded
11/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-bay single-storey vernacular outbuilding, built c.1800. Pitched roped thatch roof with crow-stepped gables. Rubble limestone walls having large quoins. Square-headed doorway to west long wall having stoen lintel and timber battened door. Set at east side of yard to thatched house and with former house and ruined house to north-west.
Appraisal
This well-maintained thatched outbuilding is one of a small surviving group of thatched oubuildings on Árainn. Its roped thatch places it in the Atlantic tradition fo thatching.