Survey Data
Reg No
12506010
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
247106, 198366
Date Recorded
29/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1860, as one of a pair,with shopfront inserted c. 1980, now in use as commercial premises. Former stone coach house to rear shared with adjoining building 32 Main Street (12506009). Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, large rendered shared chimneystack with octagonal clay pots, plastic gutter. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Symmetrical shopfront comprising pair of fixed-pane display windows on timber sills and central glazed timber door and stringcourse over. Rear site occupied by three two-storey retail units c.1970. Rubble-stone former coach house, now integrated with commercial units.
Appraisal
This typical mid nineteenth-century townhouse forms a pair with its neighbouring building, making an interesting ensemble at the junction of Railway Street with Main Street. Despite having lost much of its original external fabric, the building still contributes to the streetscape. As an integral part of the architectural heritage of Portlaoise, it enhances and enriches the special character of the historic town core.