House in Commons West, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house, c.1830, with flat-roofed projecting entrance porch.ROOF: Double pitched thatched roof; gabled to right; hipped to left; rendered chimney stack; felt covering to porch. WALLS: Rough cast render to all elevations. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings; rendered soffits and reveals; concrete cills; timber casement windows with applied diamond leading; square headed door opening with tongue & grooved panelled door.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11335014

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