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Burren House

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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840. L-plan, three-bay two-storey south main block, gable-fronted block to north-west, canted bay to east, flat-roofed single-storey porch to north. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, red brick corbelled chimneystacks, dentil blocks to cornice, clay pots; painted carved timber finial and bargeboards to gables; cast-iron gutters to overhanging eaves, circular cast-iron downpipes. Lime-washed walling, smooth rendered walling to porch. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows, roll-moulded surrounds to canted bay windows, painted carved timber surrounds to first floor windows to gables, segmental-headed windows to east and west elevations of porch, roll-moulded surrounds, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening, flanked by painted timber panels, surmounted by overlights, painted timber door with eight raised-and-fielded panels. Outbuildings to west, one- and two-storey structures, pitched slate and corrugated-iron roofs, lime-washed rubble stone walling; north-west outbuilding with hipped and pitched slate roof, square-headed window openings, painted two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, square-headed door opening, painted timber vertically-sheeted half-door, segmental-headed carriage arch, painted brick archivolt, painted timber vertically-sheeted double doors. House situated within farmland.
Burren House is a fine proportioned house which forms an interesting farm complex with its attached outbuildings. The porch and canted bay, both later additions, lift the plain façade while the timber finials and bargeboards skillfully carved add decoration and colour.

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