Survey Data
Reg No
31311808
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1700 - 1838
Coordinates
117458, 260863
Date Recorded
07/03/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1838. Extensively renovated. For sale, 2007. Now in occasional use. Pitched roof with part chicken wire-covered replacement rye straw thatch, exposed hazel or sally lattice stretchers to degraded raised ridge having exposed scallops, cement rendered dwarf chimney stack having stringcourse below capping, and concrete or rendered coping to gables. Replacement cement rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber casement windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber doors. Set perpendicular to road on a corner site.
Appraisal
A farmhouse identified as an integral component of the vernacular heritage of south County Mayo by such traits as the alignment perpendicular to the road; the rectilinear direct entry plan form; the construction in unrefined local fieldstone displaying a feint battered silhouette; and the high pitched roof showing a replenished rye straw thatch finish. However, while the elementary form and massing survive intact, a comprehensive renovation programme involving the substitution of much of the original fabric has not had a beneficial impact on the external expression or integrity of the composition.