Outbuilding in Mondooey Lower, County Donegal

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Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings, built c. 1820 and c. 1860. Detached two-bay two-storey outbuilding to the north-west having pitched natural slate roof, limewashed rubble stone walls, square-headed doorways and loading bays with battened timber doors, segmental-headed carriage-arch with rubble stone voussoirs and wrought-iron flat bar gate, and with external staircase to the south gable end giving access to doorway at first floor level. Detached two-bay single-storey outbuilding to the south having pitched corrugated-metal roof, rendered rubble stone walls with modern blockwork repairs, square-headed window openings with eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows, and with square-headed carriage-arch to the gable end with metal sliding door. Detached two-bay single-storey outbuilding to the north having pitched natural slate roof with raised rendered verges to gable ends, limewashed rubble stone walls, square-headed doorways with timber and corrugated-metal doors, and with single-bay addition to the south gable end. Set back from road in own grounds with modern or altered house to the south-east. Located in the rural countryside to the north-east of Raphoe.

This simple but attractive complex of modest vernacular outbuildings retain their early form and character despite some alterations. Of particular interest are the buildings retaining natural slate roofs. They are robustly constructed using rubble stone masonry and the irregular openings creating an appealing vernacular appearance. The two buildings to the north appear to date to the first half of the nineteenth century while the building to the south is a later addition, perhaps built c. 1860. They were originally built to serve a house to the south-east, which is now heavily altered or rebuilt. This complex is one of the better surviving examples of its type in an area marked by such vernacular complexes, and is a modest addition to the built heritage of the local area. It creates a picturesque feature in the scenic rural landscape to the north-east of Raphoe.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40906245

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