Survey Data
Reg No
11814074
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
289245, 219187
Date Recorded
21/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, c.1840, retaining early fenestration. Renovated, c.1960, with openings remodelled to right ground floor to accommodate commercial use. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Painted. Mosaic-tiled shopfront, c.1960, to right ground floor with raised lettering. Square-headed openings (remodelled, c.1960, to right ground floor). Stone sills. 1/1 timber sash windows (with exposed sash boxes to first floor). No sill to right ground floor. Replacement fixed-pane timber display window, c.1960. Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1960. Interior with timber panelled counter. Road fronted. Concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
This house, remodelled to right ground floor in the mid twentieth century to accommodate a commercial use, retains an early character, and is an attractive component of the streetscape of Main Street South. The house is of some social and historic significance as evidence of the continued development of the historic core of Naas in the mid nineteenth century. The house retains most of its original form to the first floor, while the remodelled openings have become part of the historic fabric of the building. The house retains many original or early features and materials, including timber sash fenestration (some with exposed sash boxes), and a slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. The shopfront to right ground floor is an attractive addition to the composition, the mosaic tiling adding a polychromatic effect to the streetscape. The interior of the right ground floor also remains intact and retains a timber panelled counter, with an aeroboard display system to the walls. The house, possibly built as one of a group with neighbouring houses of similar form to north-east, is of importance for continuing the established streetline of Main Street South, while contributing to the varied roofline of the terrace.