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farm house — BALLYKNOCKAN (Forth By., Lady's Island ED)

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farm house — BALLYKNOCKAN (Forth By., Lady's Island ED)
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Detached three- or five-bay single-storey thatched farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront on a half-octagonal plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, ----. Now disused. Chicken wire-covered hipped gabled thatch roof on a T-shaped plan centred on half-octagonal slate roof (breakfront), exposed hazel lattice stretchers to ridge having exposed scallops, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and exposed hazel stretchers to eaves having exposed scallops. Rendered battered walls on rendered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" strips to corners. Square-headed central door opening in pointed segmental-headed recess with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed uPVC door. Square-headed flanking window openings with shallow sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed window openings with shallow sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

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