Swallow's Nest

Detached five-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1800. Refenestrated, c.1875. Renovated, c.1950, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting open porch added. Now in part commercial use. Hipped roof with reed thatch having rope work to ridge, and rendered chimney stack. Flat felt roof to porch with aluminium rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with slight batter. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and replacement 1/1 timber sash windows, c.1900. Square-headed opening to porch with no fittings. Square-headed door opening to cottage with replacement glazed tongue-and-groove timber panelled half-door, c.1900. Interior with tongue-and-groove timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in own grounds perpendicular to road with side (north-east) elevation fronting on to road.

An attractive cottage representing an important element of the vernacular heritage of County Waterford, as identified by the long, low massing, the construction in locally-sourced materials, and the thatched roof. Well maintained, the cottage presents an early aspect with important salient features and materials intact, both to the exterior and to the interior.