62-68 Dundrum Road, Tassagh, Keady, Co. Armagh, BT60

A terraced row of three two-storey two-bay traditional mill-workers houses located on Dundrum Road, Tassagh Td, adjacent to Callan River. Rectangular on plan. Pitched natural slate roof with angled ridge tiles and brick chimneystacks (one removed or collapsed); cast-iron gutters to right cottage only, otherwise drive-in brackets remain without gutters. Walling is random rubble stone bedded in lime mortar, with vestiges of lime harling having fragments of pigmented limewash. Windows are generally gone, timber frames remaining; 9-paned fixed frame timber window to right and four-pane timber window to rear centre cottage; some metal-framed casements remain to rear. Single timber sheeted door remains to right cottage (No.68) only. Principal elevation faces south-west and openings are irregularly arranged, as follows: No. 68: Located to right. Door to right, with two windows to left; windows offset above. No. 64: Located to centre; mirror image of above. No. 62: Located to left. Outer (left) bay has window to ground and first floor, aligned; right bay has a door at left and narrower window to its right; first floor window offset above. Left gable is blank, with ghost marks of a lower abutment. Rear elevation generally has a window to each bay; central cottage (No.64) also has a rear door to left bay; left opening to right cottage (No.62) is infilled with rubble stone, having a timber lintel. Right gable is blank. Setting: The cottages are located on a narrow plot of land between Dundrum Road and the Callan River, in a rural area. A new house is being constructed to the south of the site at the time of survey. Roof: Slate Walling: Rubble stone Windows: Vestigial timber frames RWG: Vestigial cast iron