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Detached four-bay single-storey with attic level vernacular house, built c. 1800, having a windbreak porch the main elevation (southeast) and attached shed under same roof to southwest end. Now disused. Pitched corrugated-asbestos roof with rendered brick chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and raised rendered verges to the gable ends. Slate roof to windbreak. Roughcast rendered random rubble limestone walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings to main elevation (southeast) with cut tooled limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Irregularly spaced square-headed window openings to the rear elevation (northwest) with variety of timber framed window fittings. Square-headed door opening to windbreak porch with timber battened door. Single-storey outbuildings to the southwest of site having pitched slate and corrugated-metal roofs, of random rubble limestone construction. Recessed from road having rendered walls and piers at entrance to site. Located to the northeast of Barry.

Although now disused, this single-storey vernacular house retains its early form. Its original character has been preserved in the retention of features and materials such as asymmetrically placed timber sliding sash windows, tooled limestone sills, a timber battened door and a traditional windbreak porch to the entrance. The position of one of the chimneystacks, in line with the doorway, suggests that it has the lobby-entry plan that is characteristic of the vernacular architecture of the midlands of the Ireland. It is arranged at a right angle to the road, which is also a typical characteristic of the extended vernacular tradition in Ireland. The rear elevation is particularly interesting with a variety of window openings at both ground and attic level, perhaps suggesting that this building is of considerable antiquity. The steep pitch of the roof suggests that it was formerly thatched. The outbuilding/shed to the southwest end, under the same roofline as the main building is another feature of the Irish vernacular tradition. The simple rubble stone outbuildings complete the setting and adds to this interesting example of vernacular architecture.