Overview
outbuilding — RAFEENAN is recorded as outbuilding in Monaghan. Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding, built c.1870, having pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed rubble limestone and sandstone walls having squared quoins, red brick in facer bond with header bond base to apex of gables and to upper floor to rear (north-west).
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding, built c.1870, having pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods.
People and work
The saved account records: Coursed rubble limestone and sandstone walls having squared quoins, red brick in facer bond with header bond base to apex of gables and to upper floor to rear (north-west).
How it changed
The saved account records: Square-headed ventilation openings to rear.
What survives
The saved account records: Square-headed loop openings to north-east elevation.
Why it mattered
outbuilding — RAFEENAN matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This impressive farm building retains its original character and purpose despite the loss of the house which once stood to the front. It pleasingly combines rubble stone and red brick, artlessly using the tonal contrast to highlight the openings. The site forms a focal point at this rural junction. 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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