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worker's house — RAWROS

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Overview

worker's house — RAWROS is recorded as worker's house in Donegal. Semi-detached pair of two-bay single-storey estate worker's houses with attic level associated with Mulroy House (see 40901712), built c. 1885, having central gable-fronted half-dormer opening to the front elevation of each house. Now in use as a single private house with and later gable-fronted single-bay single-storey entrance porch attached to the north-east end of the front elevation (south-east).

Why it was built

The saved account records: Semi-detached pair of two-bay single-storey estate worker's houses with attic level associated with Mulroy House (see 40901712), built c. 1885, having central gable-fronted half-dormer opening to the front elevation of each house.

People and work

The saved account records: Now in use as a single private house with and later gable-fronted single-bay single-storey entrance porch attached to the north-east end of the front elevation (south-east).

How it changed

The saved account records: Pitched natural slate roof having overhanging eaves with decorative curvilinear bargeboards to the gable ends (north-east and south-west), central red brick chimneystack, and cast-iron rainwater goods.

What survives

The saved account records: Timber weather boarding to entrance porch walls with curvilinear timber bargeboards to front elevation.

Why it mattered

worker's house — RAWROS matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This attractive pair of former estate worker’s houses, of late nineteenth-century date, were originally built to serve Mulroy House (see 40901712) to the south. They are now in use as a single dwelling with an attractive later entrance porch to one end. They retain their early form and character, and much of their salient fabric including natural slate roof and timber sliding sash windows. Decorative interest is added by the timber bargeboards to the porch, which are a feature of many of the estate buildings associated with the estate. The contrast between the pale sandstone masonry and the red brick detailing… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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