farm house

Detached five-bay single-storey thatched farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1841, on a rectangular plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Hipped thatch roof overhanging lean-to roofs to window openings to dormer attic (west) with exposed lattice stretchers to raised ridge having exposed scallops, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having stepped capping, and blind stretchers to eaves having blind scallops. Roughcast battered walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber boarded door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes or timber casement windows behind wrought iron bars (dormer attic). Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (west) or two-over-two (east) timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set in own grounds.

A farmhouse identified as an important component of the vernacular heritage of the environs of Ballyduff by such attributes as the rectilinear plan form; the construction in unrefined local materials displaying a battered silhouette; the disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing; and the high pitched roof showing a thatch finish. 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 "tin roofed" outbuildings (----) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble making a picturesque visual statement in a rural street scene.