Derk Cottage, house in County Limerick

What is recorded here

Derk Cottage in Derk stretches across five bays and two storeys, with pointed arches in its boundary walls. ‘Cottage, ’ is it? That’s the sort of modesty that introduces a racehorse as ‘the wee lad who eats the grass.’

Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800, with recent single-bay single-storey porch to front (south) elevation and single-bay single-storey extension to rear (north) elevation. Hipped slate roof with render over brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having painted stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to ground floor with tripartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and flanking one-over-one pane windows with painted stone sills. Square-headed opening to porch having timber battened door. Pointed arch opening to west elevation having brick voussoirs and single-leaf cast-iron gate. Render over rubble limestone boundary walls to west with pointed arch opening with timber battened door and limestone steps. Pair of square-profile rendered piers having carved limestone caps, corrugated-iron gate and rendered walls terminating in second pair of piers.

This large house is distinguished by its long, low form, which is emphasised by the shallow hipped roof. It retains a vernacular character illustrated by the slightly asymmetrical window positions and modest façade. Features such as the slate roof and sash windows help conserve the original appearance of the house. The boundary walls with ornate pointed arch openings, which form a pleasing roadside feature, enhance the composition of the site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21903313

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