Survey Data
Reg No
22312074
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1880 - 1910
Coordinates
212383, 158527
Date Recorded
22/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Corner-sited end-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, built c.1895. Now also in use as hairdressing salon. Pitched slate roof having rendered and brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with decorative render quoins and render eaves course. Square-headed double and tripartite timber windows with stained and leaded lights having stone sills and shouldered render architraves. Round-headed door opening having timber panelled door with sidelights and fanlight, and render surround with decorative keystone having acanthus leaf detail. Shopfront consists of plate-glass windows and central glazed double-leaf door with stained-glass overlight flanked by pilasters supporting consoles fascia and cornice.
Appraisal
The broad frontage and notable decorative elements of this building make it an imposing presence on the streetscape. The shopfront is notable in that it contains two shops behind one unified façade, one behind each plate glass window. There is an interesting polygonal lobby behind the pair of doors. The fixed windows with stained glass overlights are particularly typical of Thurles Town.