What is recorded here
Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding, built c.1800, having rubble limestone steps giving access to first floor of side (east) elevation and single-bay single-storey lean-to to side (west) elevation. Pitched slate and replacement corrugated-iron roofs having rendered chimneystack and partially rendered limestone eaves course. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed and pointed arch window openings having exposed timber lintels and timber battened shutters. Loop openings to ground floors of front and rear elevations. Camber-headed door openings with limestone voussoirs to front elevation, having replacement timber battened doors. Square-headed door openings elsewhere, having replacement single and double-leaf timber battened doors. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to west of complex. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with render gable copings. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window opening with render lintel. Square-headed door opening having render lintel and timber battened door.
This fine outbuilding is a reminder of the agricultural heritage of the area. Much of its historic fabric remains intact, and it makes an attractive roadside addition.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20911309
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Honourablemencandiffer, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Tim FitzGerald, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Guliolopez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Greg Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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