
What is recorded here
Detached four-bay single-storey thatched farmhouse, built c.1800, with lobby-entry plan. Oaten straw roof pitched to north-west end and hipped to south-east with decorative knotting and exposed scolloping to ridge and twine to eaves. Low rendered concrete chimneystack. Pebbledashed walls. Replacement timber windows. Windbreak with thatch of roof projecting over with timber panelled door. Sited at end of long avenue and facing into yard having outbuilding to one side with pitched slate and corrugated-iron roof and rendered stone walls.
This thatched farmhouse is a typical example. Its scale, thatch detailing and windbreak are characteristic of Irish vernacular architecture.
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
Places near here
Enclosure in BawnmoreEnclosure · 486 yd
Geashill Castle (ruins)Castle · 1014 yd
Geashill Castlebuilding misc · 1020 yd
Geashill Glebe WalkVisitor information · 1286 yd
Furzehill WoodWood · 1.3 mi
Raheen Castle (site of)Archaeological place · 1.9 mi
Lady's WellSpring · 3.1 mi
Ghaugher HillMountain / peak · 4.1 miOther information
Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit