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Lock keeper's house in Tirkeenan

Lock keeper's house
Lock keeper's house in Tirkeenan
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Detached three-bay single-storey building, constructed c.1840, having canted porch to west, canal-front, elevation. Pitched slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered decagonal brick chimneystack and remains of half-round cast-iron rainwater goods previously held on overhanging eaves, timber soffit of…

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Detached three-bay single-storey building, constructed c.1840, having canted porch to west, canal-front, elevation. Pitched slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered decagonal brick chimneystack and remains of half-round cast-iron rainwater goods previously held on overhanging eaves, timber soffit of which is supported by carved timber brackets. Roughly squared rubble walling with punch-finished ashlar to canted entrance bay, other window surrounds and projecting base plinth. Visible openings square-headed. All windows, which have stone sills, and door openings, closed with concrete blocks. House partially concealed under heavy ivy overgrowth and trees growing beside but was occupied until at least mid-twentieth century. Fronts onto Ulster Canal short distance south of Seventeenth Lock on roughly surfaced lane.
This is a distinctive structure related to the Ulster Canal which was built to plans by Directors General of Inland Navigation engineer, John Killaly. Its unusual decagonal chimney, and the quality of stonework to the canted porch show that this house, although derelict, is an architecturally elegant and well executed example of the structures associated with the now disused canal scheme.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 41303056

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Brian Lenehan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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  • Raymond Okonski, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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