Cranwill House, farm house in County Wexford

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Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1839, on a rectangular plan. Hipped fibre-cement slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and plastic rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining some cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or six-over-three (first floor) timber sash windows. Road fronted on a corner site.

A farmhouse representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of Ballycanew with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a featureless doorcase; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1839) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a rural village street scene.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15610005

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