farm house

Four-bay single-storey vernacular cottage, built c.1800, having a two-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to the south. Pitched corrugated asbestos/cement roof with a single central yellow brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast lime rendered walls with whitewash over. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening having timber frame and painted timber sheeted door. Set back from road in own grounds to the north of Glassan with gravel forecourt to the east and two attached single-storey outbuilding to the east having barrel-vaulted corrugated metal roofs. Rendered boundary wall to the south having pair of rendered gate piers, on skewed square-plan, supporting pair of wrought-iron gates.

An appealing vernacular house, which retains its early form fabric and character. The retention of the timber sash windows and the timber sheeted door enhances this traditional composition. The high pitch of the roof indicates that this modest building previously had a thatched roof. This building is aligned at a right angle to the road, which is a common feature of Irish vernacular acrhitecture. Buildings and complexes of this type were once a ubiquitous feature of the Irish countryside. However, very few now survive in good condition, due to modern alteration and/or demolition, making this an important survival. The good boundary wall, gate piers and traditional wrought-iron gates complete the setting and add to this appealing vernacular composition.