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Overview

house — Tanderagee is recorded as house in Donegal. Detached four-bay single-storey with attic level house, built c. 1915, having projecting gable-fronted wing to the north, projecting single-bay flat-roofed porch to centre, and shallow projecting box bay window to the south end of the front elevation (west). Pitched natural slate roof, catslide to kitchen extension, painted rendered chimneystacks with bracketed cornice and clay pots to right of centre and both gable ends, rusticated ball finial to gable end of gable-fronted wing, replacement rainwater goods over timber dentils, skew blocks, pedimented cornice to bay window, entablature to porch.

Why it was built

The saved account records: Detached four-bay single-storey with attic level house, built c. 1915, having projecting gable-fronted wing to the north, projecting single-bay flat-roofed porch to centre, and shallow projecting box bay window to the south end of the front elevation (west).

People and work

The saved account records: Pitched natural slate roof, catslide to kitchen extension, painted rendered chimneystacks with bracketed cornice and clay pots to right of centre and both gable ends, rusticated ball finial to gable end of gable-fronted wing, replacement rainwater goods over timber dentils, skew blocks, pedimented cornice to bay window, entablature to porch.

How it changed

The saved account records: Square-headed window openings with painted sills, six-over-two and four-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows

What survives

The saved account records: Detached four-bay single-storey outbuildings to the south-east having pitched corrugated-metal roofs, limewashed rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings.

Why it mattered

house — Tanderagee matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This interesting house, probably dating to the first decades of the twentieth-century, retains its original form and character despite some modern alterations. Its unusual form with Diocletian window to the advanced bay and a box bay window to the south end of the front elevation with pediment detail over helps to create a distinctive composition of some aesthetic appeal. Its visual expression and integrity is enhanced by the retention of salient fabric including natural slate roof and timber sliding sash windows. The form of this house is unusual in the area, and it makes a positive contribution to the scenic… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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