Detail of vegetaion growth on roof of 18th century byre; Ruisgarry, Baile.

Description Detail of vegetaion growth on roof of 18th century byre; Ruisgarry, Baile.

Date 21/9/2014

Collection Records of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, London, England

Catalogue Number DP 241354

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Thought to be 18th century, the listed building description reads ‘muran thatch roof, secured with ropes and netting, stone weights over inner wall head [and] pegs on gable head’. The building is currently vacant and in a severe state of deterioration, particularly the roof which has lost much of it’s thatch leaving the roof structure and interior exposed. What is left of the maram thatch and turf underlay is overgrown with vegetation and the ridge has been completely lost. The entire roof remains netted, weighted down by stones and bricks that have been placed on top of the netting along the wallhead and down the skews. There is no visible evidence of the ropes and stone weights described to secure the thatch and netting in the original listing description, or the pegs at the gable head. The building is located next to a thatched barn under the same listing (survey number 247). The byre has been on the Buildings at Risk Register since 2009 (BAR reference number 3745).

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