house — Ballindrait

The saved account records: Detached four-bay single-storey with attic level vernacular house, built c. 1800 and renovated c. 2010.

The saved account records: Pitched flax thatched roof with decorative knotting to eaves, smooth rendered eaves course, exposed smooth rendered parapets and smooth rendered to gables ends (north-west and south-east).

The saved account records: Square-headed window openings with no sills and replacement timber casement windows.

The saved account records: Square-headed doorway, offset to the south-east side of centre, having replacement battened timber double doors.

house — Ballindrait matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Although recently renovated, this appealing and relatively intact example of a vernacular house retains its early form and character, and is an appealing feature in the rural landscape to the south\south-east of Ballindrait. It is one of the few remaining thatched houses in the local area; there were a number of surviving examples until recent decades. Modest in scale, it exhibits the simple and functional form of vernacular building in Ireland. The irregular spacing of the openings and rubble stone construction creates an appealing vernacular composition of some rustic appeal. Of particular interest in the… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.