Sensitive Restoration Of An Irish Thatched Cottage Period Living

Sensitive Restoration Of An Irish Thatched Cottage Period Living The story. location: county louth, ireland. period: early 1700s thatched stone cottage. size: three bedrooms with a three quarter acre plot. owners: sonja bergin is a medical scientist and her husband, kevin, is an electrician; they have four cats. cost: the renovation cost around £51,000. Goggin cottage – restoration. goggin cottage, kildimo, co. limerick is an important early nineteenth century thatched cottage that has survived virtually unaltered. the cottage has no electricity or running water. a stream at the boundary of the property provided water for drinking and washing. inside layers and layers of limewash, some.

Sensitive Restoration Of An Irish Thatched Cottage Period Living Once obscured from view by the overgrown garden, the picture perfect exterior of the 16th century thatch is the result of the couple’s re landscaping work. this began by installing new drainage around the front, which flows into a restored well. they created a new lawn and four new flower beds, replaced modern slab paths with reclaimed bricks. Property: a part thatched cottage, built in the mid 17th century. with a kitchen, central dining room and living room on the ground floor, an original bedroom is reached by a cupboard staircase, while a new staircase gives access to two further bedrooms and a bathroom. there is also a wet room on the ground floor. The cottage would have been built with whatever materials were to hand; stones for the walls, salvaged timber and thatch for the roof. because of the scarcity of materials the house was only a single room deep and due to the tax on glass the windows would have been small and vertically orientated (the lintel over the window spanning a shorter distance). Concept. in this project over 60 tons of cement concrete was removed from the walls, floors and exterior paths. in the past, every time the house was renovated another cement concrete screed was added which resulted in lower and lower door openings. this could have been done because of a rising water table causing dampness and the belief that.