Survey Data
Reg No
14819174
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
206050, 204938
Date Recorded
02/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, with shopfront. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched tiled roof with rendered chimneystack and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined render to facade with quoins. Square-headed window opening with stone sills and timber six-over-six sash windows. Round-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door and fanlight with tooled stone plinth stone. Timber stallriser to shopfront with pilasters, display windows, square-headed door opening with timber double doors with glass panes and overlight, timber fascia board with cornice above shopfront.
Appraisal
This house and shop on Connaught Street is a handsome structure in very good condition. It retains some of its original features such as its timber sash windows, render detail and overlight. The timber shopfront has been well maintained to adds a positive architectural aspect to the Birr streetscape.