House in Ardogelly, County Sligo

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Detached four-bay single-storey rendered thatched house, built c. 1825. Decorative reed thatch roof, suppressed hips at gables, raised ridge, gabled porch with applied projecting ridge/hip, unpainted timber barges at gables, single painted smooth-rendered chimney on ridge. Painted roughcast walling, smooth-rendered plinth and vertical margins at corners. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, smooth-rendered slightly-projecting reveals, painted timber two-over-two timber sash windows c. 1990. Square-headed entrance door opening, painted timber vertically-sheeted door, flanking sidelights c. 1990. Sited perpendicular to road. Linear shed with pitched corrugated-iron roof to south.

This well-maintained thatched house sits comfortably in its setting. The unusual treatment of the thatch is not traditional.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 32401207

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