house — TULLYNAVINN

The saved account records: Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, with two-bay single-storey slated extension to north gable.

The saved account records: Pitched thatched roof, smooth rendered gable ended chimneystacks with rendered coping

The saved account records: cast-iron rainwater goods to extension.

The saved account records: Set at side of laneway with multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings to south with pitched thatch and corrugated-metal roofs, roughcast rendered and whitewashed walls, and square-headed openings with matchboard timber doors.

house — TULLYNAVINN matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Despite the loss of original fenestration, this is a good vernacular thatched house, significantly enhanced by the retention of its thatched outbuildings. Thatched buildings, although still relatively common in Inishowen, nationally are becoming increasingly rare, making their survival a matter of importance. The rounded pitched roof is designed to minimise the impact of high winds, demonstrating the subtle adaptation of more common thatch detail to accommodate local climatic variations in exposed areas such as the Inishowen peninsula. The house is shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map of c.… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.