Survey Data
Reg No
16323023
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Shillelagh Post Office
Original Use
Post office
In Use As
House
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
298924, 168021
Date Recorded
05/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey with half dormers former post office, built c.1890, but perhaps based around the fabric of an earlier building, and now in use as a private house. The front elevation is constructed in squared granite rubble and render with brick quoins and dressings to openings, whilst the east and west elevations are finished in unpainted render. The pitched gable-ended roof is slated and has rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a replacement panelled timber door with panelled timber jambs and plain semi-circular fanlight. The windows are flat-headed and have replacement top-hung timber frames. The windows to front are set within semi-circular headed recesses. The first floor windows are set within large half dormers and set in between them is a circular brick-dressed niche. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The property has a street frontage.
Appraisal
Prominent and memorable late Victorian / Edwardian-looking house which may conceal a much older building. Whilst somewhat altered in recent years with the replacement of the door and window frames, this property remains an asset to the streetscape.