The Old Forge

Detached four-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1830. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1980, comprising two-bay single-storey end bay to north-west. Hipped roof with reed thatch having rope work to ridge, and rendered squat chimney stack. Painted replacement cement rendered walls, c.1980, over random rubble stone construction with batter. Square-headed window openings (some remodelled, c.1980) with stone sills (some replacement concrete sills, c.1980), and replacement timber casement windows, c.1980. Square-headed door opening with replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled half-door, c.1980. Set back from line of road with grass verge to front.(ii) Attached two-bay single-storey rubble stone thatched forge, c.1830, to south-east with pair of square-headed carriageways to rear (north-east) elevation. Pitched roof with reed thatch having rope work to ridge. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed carriageways with no fittings.

Although comprehensively renovated in the late twentieth century, the form and massing of this cottage, together with the battered walls and thatched roof, confirm its place as an integral component of the vernacular heritage of County Waterford. An attendant outbuilding, originally intended as a forge, is of additional interest as evidence of a small-scale industrial practice on site.