Detail of netted thatch around windows; Drumwhirn, Drumbeg Loan, Killearn.
DP 241267
Description Detail of netted thatch around windows; Drumwhirn, Drumbeg Loan, Killearn.
Date 20/6/2014
Collection Records of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, London, England
Catalogue Number DP 241267
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Listed as a ‘1930s English vernacular style’ arts and craft house with a thatched roof. The thatch is reed and the owner stated it was last thatched around 20 years ago. There are signs of scobed thatch detailing underneath the windows, but this has significantly come away in most places. The thatch is netted all over, including over the thatched ridge where it is higher than the thatch, by perhaps a foot or so, demonstrating how much the thatch has compacted. There are patches of vegetation growth and loose thatch in places throughout. The thatch is held in place by horizontal metal poles and metal pegs in some places.
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