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house — Gleann Cholm Cille

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Detached three-bay single storey thatched house, built c. 1820. Pitched roped reed thatch having pegs below eaves level and with smooth rendered chimneystacks to either gable end (east and west). Painted smooth rendered wall. Square-headed window openings and cut stone sills and two-over-two pane horned timber sash windows. Central square-headed door opening with timber sheeted door. Set slightly back from road with yard to site. Set in former clachan to the north of Gleann Cholm Cille/Glencolumbkille. Detached single-bay single-storey outbuildings to the south-west and west having pitched roped thatched roof with pegs, rubble stone walls, and square-headed door openings with timber sheeted doors. Cast-iron water pump, c. 1900, to east having banded shaft, decorative moulding to spout, and fluted domed cap with acorn finial over. Handle now missing. Foundry mark to base plate, not legible.

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