Survey Data
Reg No
31308403
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1700 - 1838
Coordinates
67331, 284678
Date Recorded
13/12/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1838. Fishnet-covered pitched thatch roof with limewashed dwarf chimney stack having stringcourse below capping, and exposed steel stretchers to eaves tied on timber pegs. Limewashed lime rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings with limewashed sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing timber boarded doors. Set in unkempt grounds on an elevated site.
Appraisal
A farmhouse identified as an important component of the vernacular heritage of Clare Island by such attributes as the rectilinear direct entry plan form showing evidence of a characteristic outshot; the construction in unrefined local fieldstone displaying a feint battered silhouette; the somewhat disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing; and the high pitched roof showing a replenished thatch finish.