house — GALDONAGH

The saved account records: Detached six-bay single-storey with attic level vernacular house, built c. 1800 and extended to the north c. 1870, having single-storey extension to rear (west).

The saved account records: Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) with some surviving rainwater goods, cast-iron skylights to west pitch, and with three rendered chimneystacks (one to either gable end and one to the north side of centre).

The saved account records: Square-headed window openings to main elevation (east) with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with margin glazing bars.

The saved account records: Set back from and parallel to road with remains of rubble stone boundary wall to south-west, grass verge to roadside.

house — GALDONAGH matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This appealing vernacular house, probably originally dating to the first decades of the nineteenth century, retains its early form and character despite being now out of use. Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the timber sliding sash windows (having distinctive margin glazing bars to the front elevation) and the timber door with bolection mouldings. The form of the doorway with flanking columns supporting timber lintel over with overlight is unusual for a vernacular dwelling, hinting that this building may have been formerly in use as a retail outlet, perhaps… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.