What is recorded here
Detached four-bay single-storey thatched farmhouse built c.1800, with direct-entry plan. Flat-roofed extension to rear. Hipped oaten straw roof with decorative knotting and exposed scolloping to ridge and eaves. Rendered concrete chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Replacement timber windows. Replacement timber and glazed door in windbreak with flat concrete roof. Yard to front with outbuildings and having rendered boundary wall and gateway to road.
This thatched farmhouse is a representative example of the county’s thatched heritage. The windbreak is a familiar vernacular detail.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14920001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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