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Code used to describe buildings in
Townland Valuation of 1833
A code was used by the valuers to describe
house and offices (outbuildings). It was a combination of numbers and
letters. The numbers referred to the construction of the building,
particularly the walls and roof. The letters were used to describe the
condition and age of the building.
| Construction of
the building |
| 1 |
a building of stone
that was slated. |
| 2 |
a building of stone
that was thatched. |
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| Condition
and age of the building |
| A |
a new or
nearly new building. |
| B+ |
a building
of medium age, but still in sound order and
good repair |
| B |
a building
of medium age that was slightly decayed, but
still in good repair. |
| B- |
a building
of medium age that had deteriorated and was
not in perfect repair. |
| C+ |
an old
building, but in repair. |
| C |
an old
building and out of repair. |
| C- |
old and
dilapidated and scarcely habitable. |
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Therefore, a
house coded as 2B had stone walls and a thatched roof and
was of medium age, slightly decayed, but in good repair. New
slated houses were 1A.
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