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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, having single-bay porch with pitched roof to the centre of the front elevation (south), and extension with pitched roof to rear (north). Now disused. Hipped natural slate roof with central rendered brick chimneystack. Pitched slate roof to porch, with timber bargeboards and spear finial. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Square-headed door opening to porch with replacement timber panelled door having plain overlight. Rendered garden walls to garden to front of house. Set back from road in own grounds, with farm buildings to rear. Located to the east of Cloondara. Gateway to the south (13307022).

This simple house, of mid-to-late nineteenth century appearance, retains much of its early character and fabric. Its three-bay two-storey form with central porch is typical of a great many modest farmhouses in rural Ireland, few of which survive unaltered today. The symmetry is evidently inspired by polite architecture. The single chimneystack, rather than a pair, indicates a relatively modest origin. The retention of roof slates and timber sash windows, along with the textured render enhance the appearance of the house and give it a patina of age. It is a subtle feature on the landscape to the east of Cloondara. It forms a pair of related structures with the gateway (13307022) and the boundary wall to the south. These features appear to predate the house (map information) and may have been associated with a previous building to site.