farm house

Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, dated 1917; extant 1922, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; three-bay two-storey rear (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, lichen-spotted concrete coping to gables with red brick Running bond chimney stacks to apexes having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed central window opening (ground floor) with iron-covered moulded rendered sill course, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane timber fitting. Central door opening into farmhouse. Square-headed window openings including square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with roughcast-panelled rendered piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting timber gate.

A farmhouse representing an integral component of the early twentieth-century domestic built heritage of Carrickbyrne with the architectural value of the composition, one succeeding an adjacent house destroyed (1915) by fire, suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a Classically-detailed porch; and the somewhat disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing compounded by the slight diminishing in scale of the centralised 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, thus upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent limewashed outbuildings (extant 1840) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a neat self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a rural street scene.