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Worker's house

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A pair of semi detached three-bay two-storey worker's cottages, built c.1850. Now converted to a single private dwelling. Pitched natural slate roof with central shared cut stone chimneystack. Constructed of coursed cut limestone with flush limestone dressings. Square-headed window openings with multipane timber casement windows and cut stone sills. Square-headed doorcases with replacement glazed timber doors to centre bay of both structures. Set back from the road in own grounds with modern extension to northeast side. Cut stone gate posts to front (southeast).
An appealing pair of worker's houses, which retain their early form and character. Well-built using good quality local limestone, these cottages have a rustic and picturesque appearance. These houses are the best surviving examples of a number of worker's houses in the locality associated with the former Ballynegall Demesne (15401212). Forms part of an important group of structure associated with this demesne, including the remains of the main house (15401212), the outbuildings (15401213) and the main gate lodge (15401214).

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15401208

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • fr:Gavigan:Knockdrin_a.jpg/Knockdrin_a.jpg, Wikimedia Commons · GFDL
  • kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bridget Neville, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Brian Shaw, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rev William Falkiner (Life time: d 1910), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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