Overview
Castlecooly is recorded as house in Donegal. Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, with two-storey canted entrance bay to centre of front façade and two-storey bowed bay to south. Hipped slate roof with paired yellow brick chimneystacks with coping to centre of roof, and replacement rainwater goods.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, with two-storey canted entrance bay to centre of front façade and two-storey bowed bay to south.
People and work
The saved account records: Hipped slate roof with paired yellow brick chimneystacks with coping to centre of roof, and replacement rainwater goods.
How it changed
The saved account records: Roughcast rendered walls with deep smooth rendered eaves course, articulated block-and-start quoins and plinth course.
What survives
The saved account records: Outbuildings, built c. 1850, to rear with hipped slate roofs, rubble stone walls with red brick block-and-start quoins
Why it mattered
Castlecooly matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A fine late nineteenth century house which has retained its architectural integrity and detailing. It is built on the site of an earlier house shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map of c. 1837. Its character is enhanced by the survival of a good range of farm outbuildings. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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