Guystown

The saved account records: Detached nine-bay single-storey with attic level vernacular house, built c. 1720 and extended on a number of occasions.

The saved account records: Pitched artificial slate or tiled roof having eaves course, and with four smooth rendered chimneystacks with copings and clay ware pots

The saved account records: render failing to chimneystack to the north-west gable end exposing brick construction.

The saved account records: Gateway flanked to either side by sections of smooth rendered boundary wall with hooped wrought-iron railings over and with terminating smooth rendered piers (on square-plan).

Guystown matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This charming and well-maintained vernacular house retains its early form and character, and is an appealing feature in the rural landscape to the north-west of Ballindrait and the south-east of Raphoe. Its architectural integrity and visual expression is enhanced by the retention of the majority of its salient fabric including timber sliding sash windows. Modest in form, it exhibits the simple and functional form of vernacular building in Ireland. The irregularly-spaced openings of differing size to the front elevation is a feature of many vernacular buildings and creates an attractive almost rustic character.… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.