House in Gurteen, County Cork

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Detached four-bay single-storey house, built c. 1820, with single-bay pitched-roofed entrance porch to front (south) elevation, and two-bay single-storey extension to east gable. Now disused. Pitched slate and corrugated-iron roofs with rendered and red brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with render surrounds, concrete sills and one-over-one and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber battened double-leaf door to east side of porch. Three-bay and single-bay single-storey outbuildings to east side of yard and five-bay single-storey outbuilding to south side of yard, all with pitched corrugated-iron roofs, rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings with timber fittings.

Utilising traditional local materials and construction methods, a group of vernacular structures characteristic of a rural building tradition in Ireland. The long low profile is typical of many modest vernacular buildings. Small irregularly spaced windows, a sheltered site and outbuildings forming a yard to the front are further evidence of vernacular origins. The orientation, facing south, takes advantage of the natural heat of the sun’s path.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20905404

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