The Heath

Detached five-bay two-storey over part raised basement farmhouse, extant 1847, on a T-shaped plan; single-bay (two-bay deep) full-height central return (east). Sold, 1863. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Vacated, 1957. Now in ruins. Hipped roof now missing with no rainwater goods surviving on overgrown cut-limestone eaves. Overgrown rendered, ruled and lined walls. Round-headed central door opening with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins. Set in unkempt grounds with tooled limestone ashlar piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping.

The ivy-enveloped shell of a farmhouse representing an integral component of the nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of south County Mayo with the architectural value of the composition, one eliciting fleeting comparisons with the eighteenth-century Ballybroony House (see 31302201), suggested by such attributes as the symmetrical footprint originally centred a streamlined Classical doorcase; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (----); and a walled garden (----), all continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained estate having historic connections with the Blake family including Henry Martin Blake (1796-1857) and Captain John Henry Blake JP (1819-73); and the Tighe family including Robert Tighe JP (c.1797-1872) and Thomas Tighe JP DL (1829-1914).