What is recorded here
Cantogher Creamery in Gortnaclohy stands entirely dressed in corrugated iron on a raised platform. A shed would have stayed at ground level; this one has climbed onto the table and announced it has a few words to say about butter.
Detached two-bay single-storey with dormer attic corrugated-iron former creamery, built c. 1900, having single-bay lean-to to front (north-east) and single-bay double-height block to side (south-east). Pitched corrugated-iron roof with carved timber bargeboards, rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rain water goods. Corrugated-iron lean-to roofs elsewhere. Corrugated-iron walls with concrete plinth/footing visible throughout. Square-headed window openings with timber surrounds and sills throughout, having six-, eight- and twelve-pane timber casement windows. Single-pane timber casement windows to rear (north-west) elevation with wrought-iron window guards. Square-headed door openings with timber surrounds throughout, having replacement timber panelled door flanked by timber panelled sidelight to front elevation of house and timber battened door to front elevation of additional block. Later single-pitch corrugated-iron outbuildings to north-west. Located within own grounds having rendered square-profile piers with render capping supporting double-leaf wrought-iron gates to south-east. Rendered stepped approach with wrought-iron railing to north-east.
Constructed wholly from corrugated-iron, this former creamery makes a significant contribution to the local architectural heritage. Highly visible from the road and positioned on an elevated platform, the building remains in relatively good repair, with timber casement windows and surrounds enhancing the character of this pleasing building. Simple wrought-iron gates and piers further enhance the visual appeal and make a significant contribution to the historic character of the building.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21904406
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- jonleebotany, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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