What is recorded here
Detached five-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1800, now derelict. Hipped thatched roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered mud walls. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Outbuildings to site.
This farmhouse is representative of the vernacular tradition in Ireland. The materials utilised in its construction, such as the thatch, mud walls, and timber sash windows are traditional materials. Thatched farmhouses of this scale are becoming increasingly rare.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14403902
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dvcireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- SeoR, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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