Overview
house — Dromod is recorded as house in Leitrim. Pair of terraced two-storey houses, built c.1800, with two-bay first floors and three-bay ground floors. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with stone and rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Pair of terraced two-storey houses, built c.1800, with two-bay first floors and three-bay ground floors.
People and work
The saved account records: Pitched corrugated-iron roof with stone and rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods.
How it changed
The saved account records: Roughcast render to walls and rendered surrounds to openings.
What survives
The saved account records: Timber battened doors and timber sash and fixed windows.
Why it mattered
house — Dromod matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: These well-proportioned houses are a feature of the urban fabric of Dromod. They have retained their original form and significant features including timber sash windows, corrugated-iron roofs and roughcast rendered walls. Such elements further enhance their importance as representatives of the vernacular tradition, a tradition which is becoming increasingly rare in modern Ireland. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
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