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Barna House

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Barna House in Barna, County Limerick, gives its modern plastic door a grand old arched entrance, like a lad in a tracksuit arriving under crossed swords at a wedding. The sash windows are pretending he’s nothing to do with them.
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, comprising porch to front (west) elevation, single-bay two-storey extension to rear (south) elevation and lean-to to east. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Single-pitched corrugated-iron roof to rear extension. Rendered walls having moulded render stringcourse and fluted strip quoins. Roughcast rendered walls to rear. Square-headed openings with moulded render surrounds, limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed opening to porch having replacement uPVC door. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to south-east having hipped corrugated-iron roof. Painted rubble stone walls. Square-headed window opening. Square-headed openings with corrugated-iron doors. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding to south-west having pitched slate roof. Square-headed door openings. Round-headed niche. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to south with pitched corrugated-iron roof. Painted rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with corrugated-iron doors.
The broad façade and low form of this house are typical of contemporary houses of the middle size in Ireland. The horizontal emphasis is offset by the diminishing windows, which emphasise the vertical axis of the façade. It is enhanced by the retention of fabric such as the roof slates and timber sash windows, which give it a patina of age.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21905006

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  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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