Survey Data
Reg No
13829003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
305149, 298083
Date Recorded
07/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Corner-sited three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, now also in use as public house and shop. L-plan, two-bay return to west with single-storey range extending further west, three-bay dwelling to south. Pitched and hipped slate roof, clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks with yellow brick strings and corbels, moulded cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves, square-profile cast-iron downpipes. Painted roughcast rendered walling, painted smooth rendered straight channelled quoins, smooth rendered projecting plinth. Painted smooth rendered channel-jointed rustication to pubfront, painted moulded render fascia with raised lettering reading "Ginnety's Grocery" turning corner "Wine and Spirit Store". Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered slightly projecting reveals, unpainted granite sills, one-over-one painted timber sliding sash windows, square-headed openings to shopfront with painted timber display windows. Square-headed door opening to south, painted smooth rendered slightly-projecting reveals, timber panelled door, plain-glazed overlight, gable-fronted timber bracketed canopy with finial. Square-headed door opening to pub, timber panelled door, plain glazed overlight. Two-storey pitched slate roof outbuilding to rear with single-storey lean-to section to south, roughcast rendered walls, garden to south, bounded by painted roughcast rendered walling with painted smooth rendered copings and plinth course, painted smooth rendered gate piers containing metal gate.
Appraisal
Ginnety's is a handsome and well maintained example of a traditional Irish building type - the combined public house/grocery and private home. It occupies a dominating position at the crossroads of the village and, with the survival of some elements of its fine shopfront and etched window signs, it is a notable local landmark.