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

21 Carrickatane Road, Slievekirk, Dunnamanagh, is a one and a half storey thatched house of direct entry plan with three structural bays and accommodation within the roof space. The walls are finished in white roughcast, and the roof is thatched with flax between concrete copings. The building dates from the early 19th century, likely between 1820 and 1839, and represents a vernacular rural dwelling type.

The house faces south-east, occupying a roadside position approximately two miles from Dunnamanagh on the road towards Londonderry. The rear stands slightly below a minor road running north-easterly, protected by a timber post and three-barred fence.

Each gable rises to a corbelled chimneystack constructed of modern brickwork, with a similar feature positioned over the original kitchen hearth and a metal flue protruding from this stack. All fenestration is modern, though the windows occupy original openings except for an enlarged kitchen window. The entrance comprises a flush glazed door flanked on the south-west by a window with top opener above two vertical panes, and on the north-east by a similar window followed by a window with central mullion and top opener in the left section. Window sills are of intermediate depths. The north-east gable contains a small top hung window lighting the bedroom in the roof space, with intermediate depth sill. The south-west gable has a small single pane top hung window with narrow sill. The rear elevation contains two small top hung windows from the south-west corner, a plain top hung sash, and a larger window of three vertical sections with top opener in the central unit, with sills of more traditional depths.

Historical records show a building matching this location and plan on the 1832 Ordnance Survey map. A December 1833 valuation describes a thatched house at least twenty years old, then occupied by William Rankin, measuring 52½ft by 22½ft by 8 feet, with thatched single-storey outbuildings nearby. The 1859 valuation may also refer to this property, though documentation is unclear.

Modernisation has taken place, though without compromising the original layout and roof structure. Re-thatching was carried out in July 1992 using flax, with further work in 1996 and 2001. The Historic Buildings Council recommended listing on 2 September 1988, with statutory listing following on 26 June 1989.