outbuilding — Tops

The saved account records: Possibly originally in use as a corn store/warehouse associated with corn mill to site, now demolished.

The saved account records: Pitched natural slate roof with projecting cut stone eaves course, and with cast-iron rainwater goods.

The saved account records: Random rubble stone walls with remains of roughcast lime render over

The saved account records: Set slightly back from road with rubble stone boundary wall to road-frontage to the east having rubble stone coping over.

outbuilding — Tops matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This substantial two-storey outbuilding, dating to the mid nineteenth-century, retains much of its original character and form. Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of the natural slate of and battened timber shutters. It is robustly built in local rubble stone masonry, and its survival in good condition despite being now largely out of use is testament to its durability. The red brick dressings to the openings are a common feature of outbuildings of its type an date in Ireland, and add some modest textural and tonal variation to the main elevation to the east. This outbuilding is… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.