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How to tell the age of a house

  • 18-03-2010 10:11am
    #1
    JohnBoy
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    Hi,

    Our house is a mix of old and new. we know the new was built in the mid 80s but the main two storey part of the house is much older.

    I'm wondering could we figure some sort of an age of it by the construction?

    It's built from mass concrete, it's stony, but by no means a stone wall, it's definitely mass concrete, just they threw some rocks in to save on concrete, this was the done thing back in the day seemingly (according to my dad at least)

    The roof is slated with natural slate, but with no felt, and the underside of the slates has been partially plastered at each batten.

    there's no box eaves as such, there's a small soffit and facia around 6 inches square cast into the top of the wall and the slates come down just below this. the slates come out over the ends of the gable walls with a similar eave detail. there are no barges over the slates.

    Do these details indicate a likely given timeframe for the build?

    I've no decent pics but the house has been remodled and I dont think any of the external details apart from what I've mentioned are actually original.


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  • #2
    sydthebeat
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    most likely late 40's or early 50's.

    mainstream mass concrete residential dwellings didnt become popular until after the Government's Cement Act of 1933 facilitated the building of two cement factories in Drogheda and Limerick. The full-scale manufacture of cement in ireland didnt really exist until after 1938. Then, depending on your location (urban, sub urban or rural) its a guesstimate of how much later your dwelling was built.


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