House in Dromore, County Cork

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Detached three-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, built c.1860, now vacant. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, bargeboards to dormers and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered and roughcast rendered walls with eaves course. Square-headed openings with six-over-six and two-over-two timber sliding sash windows with stone sills. Fixed timber window to altered ground floor opening. Square-headed opening with stone step and timber battened door.

Centrally located in Dromore village, this house occupies a prominent position, set at a fork in the road. Though neglected, the building retains much of its character and charm, through the retention of historic fabric including timber sash windows and slate roof.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20911902

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