Worker's house in Correaly, County Westmeath

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A pair of semi-detached three-bay single-storey estate workers dwellings, built c.1850, now out of use and derelict. Hipped natural slated roof with remains of a shared central chimneystack. Constructed of coursed rubble limestone, formerly limewashed. Square-headed openings with cut stone sills having the remains of cast-iron multipane casement windows. Central square-headed doorcase to centre of front façade of each building (south) having remains of timber sheeted doors. Set back from road in own grounds and a short distance to the east of Kildevin House (15400210).

An interesting pair of estate worker's houses, probably dating to the mid nineteenth-century, which retain their early form and character despite their now dilapidated condition. They are well-built using local rubble limestone and retain the remains of early cast-iron windows. The form of these modest buildings is very typical of many mid-to-late nineteenth-century estate worker's houses in Ireland. These examples are now relatively rare survivals of their type as the majority of these modest small-scale estate workers houses have been consumed within later dwellings and structures. These estate worker's houses were probably built to serve the nearby Kildevin House (15400210) as they are located adjacent to a former back entry to this estate (west). They now act as subtle historical reminders of the social hierarchy in nineteenth century Ireland and are modest memorials to the many forgotten people who were required to run country estates at the time.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15400212

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