Survey Data
Reg No
11814135
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1810 - 1850
Coordinates
289215, 219216
Date Recorded
27/01/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey house, c.1830, possibly originally part of four-bay composition with building to left (south-west) retaining early fenestration with segmental-headed door opening to left ground floor. Renovated, c.1850, with timber shopfront inserted to right ground floor. Shopfront renovated, c.1980. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Unpainted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. 1/1 timber sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening to left ground floor. Moulded rendered surround. Timber doorcase with consoles and moulded entablature. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1980. Overlight. Timber shopfront, c.1850, to right ground floor with inscribed pilasters having decorative consoles and fixed-pane display windows (window to right originally door opening; remodelled, c.1980) with timber fascia over having decorative consoles, raised lettering and moulded cornice. Road fronted. Concrete flagged footpath to front.
Appraisal
Gogarty’s, which has been very well maintained, is a fine building of balanced proportions – it was possibly built as part of a larger composition with the building to south-west (11814023/KD-19-14-23). The building is of social and historic significance as early evidence of the development of the historic core of Naas in the early nineteenth century. The building is also of considerable social interest as one of the earliest commercial buildings in the locality, and a mid nineteenth-century shopfront remains intact. The building presents an early aspect on to the streetscape and retains early salient features, such as a timber doorcase, timber sash fenestration and a slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. The decorative shopfront is especially of interest and attests to the aspirations or success of the business carried out within – the pilasters and fascia are furnished with intricately carved consoles, while the retention of early raised lettering is a rare survival. The building is important for its relationship with its contemporary to south-west, and for continuing the established streetline of Main Street South whilst contributing to the varied roofline of the terrace.