farm house

Detached three-bay single-storey lobby entry farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1903, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey lean-to windbreak; three-bay full-height rear (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof; lean-to slate roof (windbreak), terracotta ridge tiles, cement rendered off-central chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, rooflights to rear (north) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slate or stone flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Fine roughcast battered walls. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and concealed dressings framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set in landscaped grounds perpendicular to road with piers to perimeter having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting flat iron "farm gate".

A farmhouse identified as an integral component of the vernacular heritage of County Wexford by such attributes as the alignment perpendicular to the road; the compact rectilinear lobby entry plan form centred on a characteristic windbreak; the disproportionate bias of solid to void in the massing compounded by the very slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression; and the high pitched roof showing a mildly eccentric rough cut slate finish. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thereby upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1903) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a neat self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene.