House in Boyagh, County Donegal

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Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800. Pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves course, and with smooth rendered ruled-and-lined chimneystacks to the gable ends. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals, stone sills, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows; three-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to the west end of the front elevation (north) at ground floor level. Central square-headed doorway with battened timber door and plain overlight. Set back from road in own grounds in the rural countryside to the north-west of Lifford. Garden to front (north) enclosed by smooth rendered boundary walls. Attached single-storey outbuilding to the east gable end.

This plain but appealing and well-proportioned two-storey house retains its early form and character. Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the timber sliding sash windows, natural slate roof and timber door. The building retains two three-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows at ground floor level that date to the nineteenth century; the two-over-two pane windows are a later addition, c. 1900. The form of this building with pitched slate roof with end chimneystacks suggests it may be quite early, perhaps built c. 1800. This building is of a type that was a ubiquitous feature of the rural Irish landscape but is now becoming increasingly rare due to demolition and insensitive alteration. This building makes a positive contribution to the rural landscape to the north-west of Lifford, and is an addition to the built heritage of the local area.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40906312

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