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End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey thatched house, built c. 1830. Hipped and pitched thatched roof, overhanging with red brick chimneystack. Rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with timber casement windows, timber lintels, red brick block-and-start surrounds and relieving arches. Square-headed opening with timber battened door, timber lintel and red brick block-and-start surround and relieving arch. Rubble stone boundary wall with square-profile barrelled piers and cast-iron gate.

This terrace of thatched cottages is an unusual example of the English picturesque style in Ireland. These cottages were built outside the gates of Adare Manor at the beginning of the nineteenth century to replace a collection of earlier cottages. The terrace is a highly recognisable feature within the town, which is famous for these thatched houses. They form a group with the nearby structures on the Dunraven estate. Together these structures add much to the site next to the main entrance to Adare Manor. This example retains notable features such as the red brick surrounds, timber windows and overhanging roof.