Survey Data
Reg No
20841076
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Skibbereen Young Men's Society Hall
Original Use
Hall
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1880 - 1920
Coordinates
112287, 33589
Date Recorded
27/06/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Attached four-bay two-storey former hall, built c.1900, now in use as shop. Pitched roof extension to rear (north-east). Hipped artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted smooth rendered walls to upper floor and painted channelled rendered walls to ground floor, having render corbelled eaves course, rendered sill course to ground floor, moulded render string course and platband with raised render lettering between floors. Round-headed openings to first floor having uPVC windows with rendered hood moulding and rendered impost course linking openings. Square-headed openings to ground floor with uPVC windows and decorative render keystones. Square-headed door opening to ground floor with double-leaf timber panelled doors, decorative render keystone and overlight.
Appraisal
A prominent purpose-built Young Men's Society hall retaining many fine and ornate render decorative features. The raised render lettering is a particularly noteworthy feature. The scale and balanced composition of the façade adds interest and variation to the streetscape.