Survey Data
Reg No
40908208
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
169677, 387065
Date Recorded
22/04/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1860, with extension to rear. Pitched thatched roof with mesh over, roped to stone pegs built into gable walls and with metal rod to front and rear, and having two rendered chimneystacks; flat felt roof to extension. Rendered walls with square-headed openings, windows enlarged and having painted concrete sills, with replacement uPVC windows and door.
Appraisal
This house, set in the beautiful rural landscape of Gleann Gheis [Glengesh], is typical of the vernacular architecture of Dún na nGall [County Donegal] and has the characteristic rounded-profile thatched roof, the ropes secured by pegs, and low chimneystacks.