Survey Data
Reg No
15312004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Killucan Post Office
Original Use
House
Historical Use
Post office
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1800
Coordinates
256848, 251928
Date Recorded
06/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Group of four houses/buildings, comprising a semi-detached three-bay two-storey house to the east with a projecting gable-fronted breakfront to the centre bay, built c.1880, and a group of terraced three-bay single-storey houses to the west, built c.1820. Two-storey building previously in use as a post office (c.1914) and a number of the single-storey buildings were formerly in use as a bakery. Single-storey houses now out of use. Two-storey building still occupied. Hipped and pitched natural slate roofs to two-storey house having a central brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Hipped natural slate roof (pitched to west end) to single-storey houses having cast-iron rainwater goods and with a modern brick chimneystack towards the east end. Two-storey building constructed of coursed limestone with brick dressings to the openings and brick quoins to the corners. Random rubble limestone construction to the single-storey terrace with dressed stone quoins to the corners and cut limestone dressings to the openings. Square and segmental-headed window openings to two-storey building with stone sills and timber sash windows. Segmental-headed window openings to single-storey terrace with cut stone sills and with a number of remaining (paired) timber casement windows. Window openings to the west end now most blocked. Segmental-headed doorcases, mostly blocked to the single-storey range. Two-storey structure is set back from road and bounded on road frontage by iron railings and gate. Single-storey terrace is road-fronted.
Appraisal
A prominent and attractive group of buildings that retain much of their early form and character. These appealing structures are well-built using local stone and retain much of their early fabric. The quality of the detailing, even in the modest single storey terrace, gives them a distinct architectural character and a strong presence in the streetscape. This complex of buildings was built at two distinct times. The single-storey terrace appears to be of early nineteenth-century date and may have been built under the patronage of Lord Longford, who employed the stone mason Thomas Keegan to build a number of buildings in Killucan during the early nineteenth-century. The two-storey building was added sometime later, probably during the late nineteenth-century. This two-storey building was previously in use as a post office (c.1914), a role that would have placed it at the heart of village life.