Survey Data
Reg No
31312312
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1700 - 1838
Coordinates
120099, 249957
Date Recorded
08/03/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched house with dormer attic, extant 1838[?]. Renovated. Pitched roof with replacement reed or rye straw thatch, rope twist above exposed hazel lattice stretchers to raised ridge having exposed scallops, cement rendered chimney stack having stepped capping supporting terracotta pot, and concrete coping to gables. Replacement cement rendered battered walls with rendered strips to corners. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber casement windows retaining one one-over-one timber sash window to gable to side (west) elevation having part exposed sash box. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber panelled doors. Road fronted on a corner site.
Appraisal
A house identified as an integral component of the vernacular heritage of south County Mayo by such attributes as the rectilinear direct entry plan form; the construction in unrefined local fieldstone displaying a battered silhouette; the somewhat disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing; and the high pitched roof showing a replenished thatch finish.