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House in Killough
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Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic, built c.1860. Pitched thatched roof with low rendered chimneystack. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings.
This thatched house is a good example of the regions's vernacular architecture. The retention of thatch is its main interest.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30409205

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Picture notes
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
  • Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
  • Eimear, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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