Former house at rear of, 61 Clonmacash Road, Portadown, Co. Armagh, BT62 1LT

A mudwalled, single-storey vernacular farmhouse, built in c1820, whose roof likely matches the visible roof of the attached east barn and may prove to be ‘thatch under tin’. The front elevation (N) consists of a four-bay frontage and a small, pitched-roof porch with square headed doorway. Elsewhere, additions to the dwelling include a stone built leant-to extension to the rear, an early barn attached to the east gable- with an exposed original timber and thatch roof, a hen house beyond (E) and a barn attached to the west gable – both 20th century. Some of the external walling has been replaced, notably to the front (N) and to part of the rear (SW). Square headed openings throughout contain a mix of window types with a majority timber sliding sash, all are currently boarded. The wall finish is roughcast, and window surrounds and door openings are largely plain except for the northwest of the front elevation where there is some smooth render corbelling and surrounds to the window and porch door. Chimneystacks sited on the ridgeline are brick replacement, with one on either gable of the dwelling and one off-centre. SETTING The farmhouse is set at the end of a lane with other dwellings and farmsteads and is enclosed by farm buildings to the south, west and north with a dwelling dated 1974/5 also to the immediate north. MATERIALS Walls – Mud, Rubblestone and block Roof – thatch (part confirmed) Rainwater goods - cast-iron Windows– timber sliding sash