46 Sheetrim Road Sheetrim Newtownhamilton Co. Armagh BT35 0LP

Detached asymmetrical single-storey, direct-entry, four-bay vernacular building with cat slide roof to entrance porch to northwest and with evidence of settlement predating 1st Edition OS maps (1832-1846). Located along road edge to south of Sheetrim Road. Right hand side portion of roof has corrugated tin sheeting, apparently concealing remnants of rush thatch beneath with flashing defining flush verge to gable and surmounted with rebuilt brick chimney. To left side, raised flashing defines junction with natural slate roof with increased ridge capped with terracotta tiles and with rebuilt chimney at junction with tin roof. No evidence of any rainwater goods. Rubblestone walling with paint finish applied. Square-headed window openings two over two (replaced) sliding sash timber windows. Vertically panelled and painted split timber entrance door and frame. To left, attached single story outhouse with shallow pitched corrugated sheet roofing and centrally positioned vertically sheeted timber door and frame set into painted rubblestone wall finish. Rear, southeast elevation is partially retaining and containing 1no square-headed window opening with two over two (replaced) sliding sash timber window to right hand side of corrugated roof structure. No evidence of any rainwater goods. Rubblestone walling with paint finish applied. Southwest elevation has exposed rubble wall with flush verge. Northeast elevation has exposed rubble wall with flush verge and centrally positioned three over three sliding sash window at high level with 2no. 150mm dia. Open ended ventilation pipes above at apex of gable. Setting: The dwelling is located immediately to the south of Sheetrim Road along road edge and nestled in front of rock outcrop which defines the southerly aspect of its setting. Roofing: Natural slate, corrugated tin Walling: Random rubblestone Windows: Timber frame. RWG: none. Setting: Roadside four bay single storey dwelling of direct entry style. The principal dwelling retains a strong vernacular quality with protruding windbreak, irregularly placed openings and corrugated tin and slated roofs over dwelling and conjoined outbuildings. The dwelling is attractively sited on the roadside to the southeast of Sheetrim Road on the crest of a hill, nestled within rolling drumlin countryside and in the shadow of a rock outcrop to the east. The surviving outbuildings complement the dwelling and altogether frm a pleasing complex further enriched by the setting of the vernacular dwelling immediately across the road. The survival of house and outbuildings provide an insight into the way of life of farmers with small holdings inn earlier times and or the variance of house types in rural Armagh. Rubblestone, partially whitewashed walls, coupled with the informal alignment of the building mass, defines the setting. No curtilage enclosure to rear.