Overview
house — Drom is recorded as house in Tipperary. Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, with glazed porch addition to front. Hipped reed thatched roof with raised ridge, swept over porch, and having rendered chimneystack.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, with glazed porch addition to front.
People and work
The saved account records: Hipped reed thatched roof with raised ridge, swept over porch, and having rendered chimneystack.
How it changed
The saved account records: Roughcast rendered walls with plat-bands.
What survives
The saved account records: Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows having render surrounds.
Why it mattered
house — Drom matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This building is an interesting example of Irish vernacular architecture. Although it has been recently renovated and extended, it retains much of its original form. The building forms an interesting group with the rubble masonry outbuildings. Situated close to the road and across from Saint Mary's Church, it is a valuable contributor to the streetscape. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Mapped graveyard — County Tipperarymemorialunder 0.1 miles
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church — Drombuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Toberlahan — Drommonument0.1 miles
- Burial ground in Drommonument0.1 miles
- Father Flynn's gardenattraction0.1 miles
- Church (in Ruins) Grave Yard — Drommonument0.2 miles
- Drom Old Graveyardmemorial0.2 miles
- Castle — ringwork in Brookley,dromcastle0.4 miles
- Brookley House — Drombuilding0.6 miles
- Standing stone in Knockagh (drom Par.)monument0.7 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockagh (drom Par.)monument0.8 miles
- Burial ground in Knockagh (drom Par.)monument0.8 miles
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