House in Skeaghbeg, County Galway

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What is recorded here

Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having flat-roofed addition to rear, and single-storey recent house attached to west and linked to older building. Pitched thatched roof with wide eaves and low rendered chimneystack. Square-headed timber sliding sash windows, one-over-one pane to front and some two-over-two pane to rear. Square-headed glazed timber door.

This is a good example of a thatched house tucked into a corner and gable-on to the road. It has retained important historic fabric such as its thatched roof, low chimneystack and relatively small openings.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30404221

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