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house — BOOLAKILEY

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house — BOOLAKILEY
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Overview

house — BOOLAKILEY is recorded as house in Waterford. Detached four-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1850, retaining original fenestration. Hipped roof with reed thatch having rope work to ridge, and roughcast lime rendered chimney stack having red brick dressings.

Why it was built

The saved account records: Hipped roof with reed thatch having rope work to ridge, and roughcast lime rendered chimney stack having red brick dressings.

People and work

The saved account records: Detached four-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1850, retaining original fenestration.

How it changed

The saved account records: Unpainted roughcast walls to front (south-east) elevation with unpainted lime rendered walls to remainder having batter.

What survives

The saved account records: Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and 2/2 timber sash windows.

Why it mattered

house — BOOLAKILEY matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A picturesque, small-scale cottage that has been well maintained to present an early aspect with important salient features and materials intact. The presence of features including battered walls, and a thatched roof confirm the importance of the cottage as an integral component of the vernacular heritage of County Waterford. A range of attendant structures, including a thatched outbuilding, enhance the group quality of the site, and the resulting complex contributes significantly to the historic character of the locality. 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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