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Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800, having windbreak to front (south) elevation and extensions to rear (north) elevation. Hipped thatched roof with rendered chimneystack. Flat roofs to extensions. Rendered roughcast rendered walls having render plinth course and quoins. Square-headed openings with limestone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window to rear elevation. Square-headed opening to windbreak having timber panelled door. Pair of square-profile piers to sough with cast-iron single-leaf gate and rendered boundary walls having render coping and cast-iron railings. Pair of square-profile piers to east with double-leaf metal gates.
An attractive vernacular thatched house largely retaining its original form. This is an increasingly rare example of the survival of a vernacular house in the Irish countryside.

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Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit