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house — Gleann Cholm Cille

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Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1860, having windbreak porch to the front elevation (south). Pitched/domed thatched roof (recently re-thatched with reed) having ropes over secured on stone pegs below eaves level, and with two rendered chimneystack. Smooth rendered walls over rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings (enlarged) with replacement windows. Square-headed door opening to windbreak porch having replacement timber sheeted door. Set back from road in elevated sloping site to the north-east of Gleann Cholm Cille/Glencolumbkille. Long approach avenue to house from the main road to the south. Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding adjacent to the east having pitched thatched with ropes over secured with pegs at eaves level, rubble stone walls, and having square-headed openings. Some openings now blocked with modern blockwork.

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