House in Carstown, County Louth

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Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house with dormer attic, built 1804. Rectangular-plan, lobby entry, gable-fronted porches to north and south elevations, extension to north, lean-to extension to east. Suppressed-hipped straw thatched roof, scallop pinnings, scalloped ridges and eaves over windows, red brick corbelled chimneystacks with mortar aprons. Painted roughcast-rendered walling smooth rendered plinth and straight quoins, evidence of stone base and clay wall construction exposed to east gable; smooth rendered ruled and lined walling to porches. Square-headed window openings, smooth rendered soffits and reveals, painted stone sills, painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to porch south, timber panelled door. Set at right-angle with road to east, random rubble boundary wall with reused date stone "F McD 1804", concrete yard to south, smooth rendered and corrugated-iron farm buildings.

Built in the vernacular building tradition thatched houses are becoming a rarity in the Irish landscape. The decorative ridge is of particular note, while the front and rear porches add a pleasing symmetry to the structure. This is an excellently maintained structure and plays an important role in Louth's heritage both architecturally and socially.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13902118

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