25 Abahiel Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Single storey, three bay, direct entry vernacular house. Low thatched roof over door. This is hipped towards the east and gabled to the west. A single chimney is located at ridge level on the line of an inner wall. On the main south facing elevation, each structual bay is lit by a single timber casement window. The central bay also has the entrance door. The building is harled and has been painted white. The side elevations are blank. Good modern extension to side, built c. 2004, to replace flat roofed rear extension present at time of listing. Major fire in 1998 resulted in loss of historic fabric to roof.

The thatch is detailed in the traditional fashion, scallop construction with a flush top.

The house is located perpendicular to the nearby road which is twenty metres to the east. It has a small gravelled yard in front and a single corrugated metal outbuilding directly to the west. Behind the house (to the north) is a filed boundary with reasonably mature trees. In front of the house field divisions are also east west but are not much higher than 1.2 metres allowing a fine view over the very flat surrounding farmland.

Historical information

The building is indicated on the 1830 Ordnance Survey map. It received its rear extension in the 1980s and was badly burnt in the late 1990s. Its present roof construction and thatch date from late 2001. It was roofed in corrugated metal in between 1999 and 2001. Modern extension added 2004.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
J. Setting

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest
Z. Rarity

Evaluation

A thatched house with historic plan form and appearance preserved. Of interest for its scarcity, attractiveness, and importance as an example of a vernacular type.