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House in Derryinver

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House in Derryinver
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Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house, built c.1800, with single-bay addition to south end, and six-bay addition to rear. Collapsing pitched thatched roof to original house and pitched corrugated iron to south addition with concrete coping to gable, with flat felt roof to rear addition. Rendered…

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Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house, built c.1800, with single-bay addition to south end, and six-bay addition to rear. Collapsing pitched thatched roof to original house and pitched corrugated iron to south addition with concrete coping to gable, with flat felt roof to rear addition. Rendered chimneystack. Rendered rubble-stone walls and plinth. Square-headed window openings having concrete sills and timber sliding sash windows to front, one-over-one pane to older building and two-over-two pane to south addition and timber casement to rear. Square-headed timber battened door to front and rear. Concrete outbuilding to north-west.
This thatched house is situated in a picturesque location overlooking the ocean and Tully Mountain. It is one of the few remaining thatched houses in the district and is a reminder of traditional construction methods. It was extended over the generations to accommodate a growing family.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30401009

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • F Ceragioli, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Russel Wills, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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  • Alan Reid, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Photographer not named by Diamond Hill Community Centre, diamondhillcommunitycentre.ie
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dr. Charles Nelson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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