farm house

Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, post-1916, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and no rainwater goods surviving on rendered eaves with cast-iron rainwater goods to rear (south) elevation retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered wall (ground floor) on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered piers to ends; roughcast surface finish (first floor) with rendered strips to ends supporting rendered band to eaves; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (remainder). Square-headed central door opening with rendered "lugged" surround framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and rendered "lugged" surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings to rear (south) elevation with concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Road fronted.

A farmhouse representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of Carracastle with the architectural value of the composition, one most likely repurposing a thatched house registered in the "House and Building Return" Form of the National Census (NA 1901; NA 1911), suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a restrained doorcase; the feint battered silhouette; the somewhat disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing compounded by the very slight diminishing in scale of the centralised openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression; and the high pitched roof. A prolonged period of neglect notwithstanding, the form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, 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 pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene.