Offaly Record of Protected Structure – No. 33-10 Record-of-Protected-Structures.pdf
Description: Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house, built c.1800, with direct-entry plan. Pitched oaten straw roof with lines of scolloping and bobbins to ridge and having twine to eaves. Rendered chimneystacks. Pebbledashed stone walls. Squareheaded timber sash windows. Porch with flat concrete roof, timber sash windows and timber battened door. Single-bay extension to rear with pitched tiled roof, with flat-roofed link to original building. Rendered boundary wall and piers with wrought-iron gate to road boundary.
Appraisal: This thatched house is sited at right angles to the public road, a familiar feature of vernacular architecture. The simple form of the roof with its row of ridge bobbins and lines of scolloping to the ridge makes this building a representative example of the county’s vernacular architecture. [Thatch Survey of County Offaly, Barry O’Reilly – 2002]. Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house. Direct-entry plan. Rendered stone walls. Gabled oaten straw roof with decorative scolloping to ridge. Timber sash windows. Timber panelled door and half-door in windbreak with flat concrete roof. Two rendered chimneys. One bay extension forms T-plan with house and has gabled tiled roof with flat roofed link to rear of house. Farm buildings associated with house. (Site number 13).
Traditional Architecture in Offaly by Rachel McKenna
Early twentieth century painted dowry chest, for more information, refer to Traditional architecture in Offaly – by Rachel McKenna pp 212-213. – Nós Conservation Services description extract:
Bottom section: chest with two over one drawers, panelled frame construction with with ash legs and and pine rolls and panels. Turned drawer pulls and painted steel escutcheons. Tool markings from pit saw/hand saw, but also machine markings – bandsaw/circular saw indicating possible earlier and later components.
Top section: possibly later construction, top opening chest of butt joined and nailed panel construction, with divided interior. Fixed to bottom at front edge with quadrant beading, steel clasp and eye catch painted. Different leg heights may have been designed to level the piece on an uneven floor, Hawkswood.
Traditional Architecture in Offaly https://www.offaly.ie/heritage-publications/
Conservation works was carried out by Nós Conservation Services in 2022. Works involved wood work repairs to the dowry chest.
Repairs to the dowry chest were assisted by Creative Ireland Vernacular Grant, The Heritage Stewardship Fund and private funding.
Find below attached report by Rachel McKenna, Senior Executive Architect, Offaly County Council,. Including the report by Nós Conservation Services.
Nós Conservation Services Report
