House in Mullafin

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Detached three-bay two-storey vernacular house, built c. 1830, and having single-storey outbuildings to north-west and south-east gable ends. Now unoccupied. Pitched corrugated-sheeted roof with stone ridge tiles and having rendered raised rendered copings and smooth rendered gabled chimneystacks to gable ends. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed openings with stone sills, and having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Central square-headed doorway to front elevation having timber sheeted entrance door with glazed upper panel. Set parallel to road with overgrown garden and ditch to front (north-east), mature hedgerows to north-west and adjacent to modern private house to south-east. Attached single-bay single-storey outbuilding to the north west having pitched corrugated-metal roof with raised verge to the north-west gable end, rubble stone walls, and square-headed doorway. Attached single-storey outbuilding to the south-west having pitched corrugated-metal roof, concrete blockwork and rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings. Located in the rural countryside to the north-west of Raphoe.

Although now no longer in use, this appealing two-storey vernacular house, dating to the early-to-mid nineteenth century, retains its early form and character despite some alterations. Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the timber sliding sash windows while the early roof covering probably survives under the later corrugated-metal cladding. The irregularly-spaced openings to the front elevation create an attractive vernacular composition of some rustic appeal in the rural countryside to the north-west of Raphoe. The simple adjoining single-storey outbuildings enhance the composition and follow a linear pattern along the road and created a stepped roofline, a typical trait of many vernacular complexes in rural County Donegal.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40906221

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