Survey Data
Reg No
30930008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1780 - 1860
Coordinates
225871, 303792
Date Recorded
25/06/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay single-storey with attic thatched farmhouse, built c.1820, with entrance porch in south-facing front elevation. Single-pitched extension to rear. Hipped thatched roof swept at gables with raised ridge with decorative scolloping. Rendered chimneystack. Lean-to slate roof to entrance porch. Limewashed stone walls. Replacement timber windows with stone sills. Replacement timber panelled door. Renovated c.1990. Multiple-bay single-storey stone outbuildings to west with corrugated-iron roof.
Appraisal
Located to the east of Carrigallen, this farmhouse is a rare and valuable example of thatched vernacular architecture in County Leitrim. The present owners replaced a corrugated-iron roof that had been erected in 1972 with assistance from The Heritage Council, reinstating a thatched roof to the property. Known by its current owners as Homely, the house is enhanced by its associated outbuildings.