Survey Data
Reg No
14819161
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
Guest house/b&b
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
205978, 204955
Date Recorded
01/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced six-bay three-storey house, built c.1820, with integral carriage arch and modern shopfront to ground floor. Originally two houses. Bed and breakfast to upper floors. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, terracotta ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered facade with quoins and eaves course. Rendered shopfront to ground floor with two square-headed door openings with timber and glazed doors, central entrance with overlight. Square-headed integral carriage arch with timber battened doors. Timber sash windows with stone sills.
Appraisal
This house, situated on O'Connell Street, very close to Emmet Square, retains much of its original character and form. The proportions of the structure remain intact as do its hornless three-over-six and six-over-six timber sash windows, which add architectural character to the plain façade. This structure was formerly two individual buildings, as can be seen by its stepped roof line and fenestration details. This building, one of a terrace, plays a positive contribution to the streetscape, right in the heart of Birr.