Sand Pit

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820. Rectangular-plan, gable-fronted porch to west, porch to east. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered corbelled chimneystack, cast-iron gutters to overhanging eaves, circular cast-iron downpipes; painted carved timber bargeboard with trefoil decoration to porch. Painted roughcast-rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered reveals and soffits, tooled stone sills, painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows with horns. Segmental-headed door opening to west, painted smooth rendered reveals and archivolt, painted timber panelled door, fanlight; square-headed door opening to east, painted timber six-panel door. Single- (south) and two-storey (north) outbuildings attached to gable ends, further outbuildings to north and east of eastern yard, pitched slate and corrugated-iron roofs, barrel roof to north, painted roughcast-rendered walling, square-headed openings, painted timber fixed-light windows, painted timber vertically-sheeted doors, loop openings to attached outbuilding to north; painted wrought-iron gates to west of yard; orchard to east bounded by painted random rubble stone wall, square gate piers with pyramidal caps and ball finials, wrought-iron gate; house faces road to west with rendered plinth wall, steps down to door, smooth rendered ruled-and-lined gate piers, pyramidal caps, wrought-iron gate.

This house forms an attractive example of the vernacular building tradition of Ireland. The simple house, located facing onto the road with its farm buildings built in close proximity is typical of the functional design utilised across rural Ireland. Of particular note is the retention of many features such as the sliding sash windows, with the outbuildings continuing to maintain their original form and openings. The bargeboard offers a pleasing decorative touch to an otherwise unadorned structure.