Survey Data
Reg No
20503207
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Office
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1910 - 1920
Coordinates
167057, 71739
Date Recorded
02/04/1994
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace three-storey premises, c. 1915, with splayed corner and gabled facades; retail outlets to ground floor with residential accommodation to upper floors. Pitched roofs with needle spire to corner having lead covering. Timbered gables. Red brick facades in Flemish bond. Camber headed window openings to upper floors having cills and brick swept arches. Timber casement windows. Square headed openings with modern timber shopfronts to ground floor retail units. Unit to Washington Street façade having cut limestone pilasters and timber panelled double leaf entrance door with plain overlight. Separate camber headed entrance to upper floors having modern timber panelled door with plain overlight. Street frontage, corner site.
Appraisal
Distinctive early-twentieth century building which retains its original scale and form as well as many original features although the ground floor units have undergone some alterations. Significant also due to its location on one of Cork's busiest and thoroughfares.