Moneydig Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached two-bay single-storey direct-entry rubblestone tin over thatch dwelling, built c.1800, with slated byre to the north gable. Rectangular on plan facing east and set at a lower level on the west side of Moneydig Road. Currently empty.

Pitched corrugated iron roof with cement parged verges and a single rendered brick chimneystack to the north gable. Artificial slate roof to the north byre. Whitewash over rubblestone walling. Square-headed window openings with no sills and windows removed.

Front elevation is three openings wide including a central square-headed door opening. The byre to the north has a single square-headed window opening having single-pane timber sash window with exposed sash box.

South gable is blank having rubblestone wall exposed.

Rear elevation is cement rendered with a single square-headed window opening to the north end.

North gable is blank with exposed stone walling comprising roughly coursed and snecked rubblestone with some squared quoins.

Setting:
Located on the west side of Moneydig Road at a slightly lower level than the road within its own small site.

Roof Corrugated iron over thatch
RWG Removed
Walling Whitewash over rubblestone
Windows None

Historical information

The present vernacular dwelling pre-dates the first edition OS map of 1831-2 but did not reach the threshold for inclusion in the Townland Valuation (1828-40). At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) there were two dwellings on the site occupied by William Semple and Alexander Morrell and leased from the Marquess of Waterford. The cottages are valued at 15s each and are situated on a small plot of 1 rood and 20 perches. By 1872 the building was listed as a single dwelling valued at 10s and occupied by Alexander Tomlinson. The building was taken over by Joseph McAtamney in 1890 and the valuation raised to £1.10s in 1904, suggesting that improvements took place at this time. Joseph McAtamney was a widower and farm labourer who lived with his three young children. The single-room house was thatched and designated third class. Robert McCann took over the house in 1915 and was followed by Patrick McGrogan in 1924. The former dwelling house now lies vacant.

References:

Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/5/19/1 First Edition OS Map 1831-2
2. PRONI OS/6/5/19/2 Second Edition OS map 1849-53
3. PRONI OS/6/5/19/3 Third Edition OS Map 1904-5
4. PRONI OS/6/5/19/4 Fourth Edition OS Map 1924-27
5. PRONI VAL/12/B/30/6A-F Annual Revisions (1864-1929)
6. Griffith’s Valuation online
7. 1901/1911 census

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Detached two-bay single-storey direct-entry rubblestone tin over thatch dwelling, built c.1800, with slated byre to the north gable. Although in a derelict state, this modest dwelling exhibits characteristics of a vernacular thatched cottage both internally and externally. It, however, has lost historic fabric and detailing and is not of sufficient interest to warrant listing.