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Rathenny Cottage

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Rathenny Cottage
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Detached three-bay single-storey over raised basement farmhouse, built c.1820, with projecting porch to front elevation and modern two-storey extension to rear. Set within its own grounds. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and smooth rendered chimneystacks. Hipped slate roof over porch. Pitched tiled roof…

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Detached three-bay single-storey over raised basement farmhouse, built c.1820, with projecting porch to front elevation and modern two-storey extension to rear. Set within its own grounds. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and smooth rendered chimneystacks. Hipped slate roof over porch. Pitched tiled roof to extension. Pebbledash to walls with smooth render plinth and smooth render to modern extension. Timber sash window with stone sills and Wyatt windows to front elevation. Timber casement window to extension. Square-headed door opening to porch with replacement timber door, accessed by stone steps. Modern outbuildings to rear site. New gate piers to road.
Rathenny Cottage is a fine example of early nineteenth-century domestic architecture. Its agreeable exterior which has been extended in recent decades retains original elements including six-over-six timber sash and large Wyatt windows. Located on a farm, the farmhouse is part of Offaly's rural architectural heritage.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14946002

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