Farm house in Templetown

Detached four-bay single-storey lobby entry farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan off-centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch; four-bay full-height rear (west) elevation. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks centred on red brick Running bond chimney stack having corbelled stepped capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Fine roughcast battered walls. Hipped segmental-headed off-central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed aluminium door having sidelights below overlight. Square-headed window openings with lichen-spotted sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having margins. Set back from road with rendered piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted precast concrete capping supporting timber double gates.

A farmhouse identified as an integral component of the vernacular heritage of south County Wexford by such attributes as the rectilinear lobby entry plan form off-centred on a Classically-detailed windbreak-like porch; the somewhat 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 roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1840) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a neat self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a rural street scene.