house — Lisbarrin

The saved account records: Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, and now disused.

The saved account records: Pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves course, remains of cast-iron rainwater goods, and with raised rendered coping and rendered red brick chimneystacks to gable ends (north and south).

The saved account records: Remains of limewash and lime render over rubble stone and red brick walls.

The saved account records: Single-storey outbuilding and possible former house to the north-east having possible bed outshot to the south-east corner, pitched corrugated-metal roof, partially rendered rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings to the west elevation with remains of timber fittings.

house — Lisbarrin matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Although now disused, this charming and well-proportioned two-storey vernacular house, dating to the mid-nineteenth century, retains its original form and character. Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the natural slate roof, timber sliding sash windows and battened timber door. It is robustly constructed in local rubble stone masonry with sections of red brick, and its continued survival despite being disused is indicative of its durable construction. It could be viewed as a vernacular interpretation of a contemporary three-bay two-storey gentleman’s house… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.