Building

The National Monuments Service's description

17th century building described by Craig as 'located on the W side of O'Nuallains premises in Ballyroan Village' (An Foras Forbartha Report 1972, p. 6).

In the centre of Ballyroan village facing onto the main street are the ruins of a single pile gable-ended three storey high 17th-century house running parallel to the main street on a N-S axis. It is built of roughly coursed limestone rubble, with external render with no base batter. The single pile house was three storeys high with an attic and was two rooms long. The front E façade facing onto the road has been altered in the 18th century by the insertion of a central doorway and large brick lined flat headed windows. At NE angle there is a 19th-century shop premises known as O'Nuallains built onto the external face of the house. On the N gable the stepped chimney stack protrudes externally beyond the N gable and is surmounted by a stout rectangular brick chimney stack. The S gable chimney stack is topped by a triple arrangement of diamond shaped rubble limestone stacks in typical Jacobean style.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 17 December 2007