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House in Ballyspillane West
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Detached house, built c. 1820, comprising three-bay single-storey block to west and two-bay two-storey block to east. Hipped and pitched corrugated-iron roofs with rendered chimneystack. Rendered rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor of two-storey…

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Detached house, built c. 1820, comprising three-bay single-storey block to west and two-bay two-storey block to east. Hipped and pitched corrugated-iron roofs with rendered chimneystack. Rendered rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor of two-storey block, two-over-two pane casement windows to first floor, steel casement window and uPVC window to single-storey block. Square-headed opening to west block with steel door. Multiple-bay single-storey and double-height outbuildings to south range of yard having barrel and flat corrugated-iron roofs, rendered walls, and square-headed openings with timber, steel, and corrugated-iron fittings. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to west range of yard having barrel corrugated-iron roof, rendered walls, and square-headed openings with timber battened door, steel doors and corrugated-iron and wrought-iron gate. Rendered boundary walls and square-profile piers to site entrance.
Pleasing yard with corrugated-iron roofs, a common replacement for thatch. Adds texture and colour to landscape. Simple small square-headed openings punctuate elevations creating pleasing mass to void ratio.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20906520

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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