Farm house in Ranagissaun, County Mayo

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Detached five-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1896, on a rectangular plan with shopfront to right ground floor. Pitched slate roof with roll moulded clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills[?], and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Rendered shopfront to right ground floor originally on a symmetrical plan. Road fronted on a corner site with tarmacadam verge to front.

A farmhouse representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of Kilmovee with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the rectilinear plan form centred on a featureless doorcase; and the slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, including a traditional Irish shopfront of some artistic interest. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1896) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a rural street scene.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31307402

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