farmyard complex — AGHINILLARD

The saved account records: Farmyard complex, comprising five-bay two-storey farm house, built c.1925, with flat-roofed porch to front (north-east) and rear elevations, two-bay two-storey outbuilding, former smithy, to north-west range of front yard, having external staircase to south-west gable, and farmyard with barn and outbuildings to rear.

The saved account records: Pitched slate roof to house, with red brick and rendered chimneystacks.

The saved account records: Twentieth-century corrugated-iron barrel-roof barn to rear.

The saved account records: Two single-storey outbuildings to rear yard having pitched corrugated-iron roofs, whitewashed rubble stone walls and square-headed openings with timber battened fittings.

farmyard complex — AGHINILLARD matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The house was built in the 1920s, replacing an earlier house on the same site. It is a notable example of a rural farm house, being one room deep, with timber sash windows, an entrance porch and centrally located kitchen. Some of the outbuildings in the yard may pre-date the current house. The site formerly accommodated a forge. Although now disused it once provided a vital service in the rural community. The attractive wrought-iron gates were made on-site. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.