house

Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1850, having porch to front (south) elevation and full-width lean-to extension to rear. Pitched thatched roof with slightly raised scolloped ridge, and painted rendered chimneystacks. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having painted stone sills with replacement timber windows. Square-headed door opening having replacement uPVC door. Outbuilding to west of site having pitched corrugated-iron roof with whitewashed rendered walls and square-headed door openings. Rendered boundary walls to front of site.

The low elevation and chimeystacks, thick walls and small openings are typical of the vernacular tradition in Ireland. Once common throughout the countryside and small villages, thatched buildings have become increasingly rare, and the survival of this example is notable. The outbuildings and garden wall are typical features which add context to the site.