21 Carrickatane Road, Slievekirk, Dunnamanagh, Co Tyrone, BT82 0NG

The building faces south-east and occupies a roadside position with its rear to a minor road that proceeds in a general north-easterly direction off the road from Dunnamanagh to Londonderry and about two miles from the former town. From the intersection a turn is made to the leftwithin less than half a mile and the dwelling is seen after travelling for a further mile. The rear of the building, a little below the roadway, is protected by a timber post and three-barred fence. The house is one and a half storey, direct entry, three structural bay, and thatched, with accommodation in part of the roofspace. The walls are finished in roughcast with a whitened finish and the roof is thatched with flax between concrete copings. Each gable rises to a corbelled chimneystack constructed of modern brickwork and a similar feature is over the position of the original kitchen hearth. The termination of a metal flue protrudes from this stack. All of the fenestration is modern but occupying the original openings apart from that serving the present kitchen that is of increased dimension. The flush entrance door with glazed upper part is flanked to the left (south-west) by one window with top opener above two vertical panes, and to the right (north-east) firstly by a similar window and then by a window with central mullion and top opener in the left hand section. The sills are of intermediate depths at the leading edges. The north-east gable contains a small top hung window lighting the single bedroom in the roof space. The sill is of intermediate depth. The south-west gable contains a small single pane top hung window with a narrow sill. At the rear starting from the right hand (south-west) corner there are two small top hung windows, then a plain top hung sash and finally the window of larger proportion that is made up of three vertical sections with a top opener in the central unit. Sills are of more traditional depths.