Overview
house — Ballntroohan is recorded as house in Donegal. Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, with single-cell toilet block to rear. Pitched felt roof with rendered chimneystacks to ridge of roof.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, with single-cell toilet block to rear.
People and work
The saved account records: Pitched felt roof with rendered chimneystacks to ridge of roof.
How it changed
The saved account records: Square-headed window openings with two-over-two horned timber sash windows with painted stone sills.
What survives
The saved account records: Square-headed door opening with battened timber door and stone threshold.
Why it mattered
house — Ballntroohan matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A vernacular building which would originally have been thatched. Despite the loss of its original roof covering, the house remains a classic vernacular structure in the way it is sited stepping down the slope. The retention of original window and door fixtures adds to its significance. It is shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map of c. 1837 forming part of a named vernacular settlement. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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