Castletown Old

The saved account records: Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic level, built c. 1760, having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch to the north elevation, and with single-bay single-storey extension to the west gable end.

The saved account records: Formerly a four-bay structure (bay to east end demolished in recent years).

The saved account records: Pitched flax thatched roof with raised rendered coping to gable ends (east and west) and with three cement rendered red brick chimneystacks (one to either gable end and one to centre).

The saved account records: Site is approached along a short lane to the west lined with mature trees .Multiple-bay terrace of single-storey outbuildings to the north-west, c. 1820, having pitched natural slate and corrugated-metal roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods, roof vents to central block, roughcast rendered rubble stone walls, round window openings to block to the south with cast-iron swiveling windows, square-headed doorways with battened timber fittings, and with square-headed carriage-arch having sliding metal door.

Castletown Old matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Although no longer occupied, this appealing and relatively intact example of a vernacular house retains its early form and character, and is an appealing feature in the rural landscape to the south-west of Saint Johnstown. Its integrity is enhanced by the retention of much of its salient fabric including timber sliding sash windows. Modest in scale, it exhibits the simple and functional form of vernacular building in Ireland. It was previously a four-bay structure with the bay to the east end demolished in recent years, which detracts somewhat. Of particular note is the survival of the thatched roof, albeit it… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.