Survey Data

Reg No

14306014


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Technical


Original Use

Workshop


In Use As

Shop/retail outlet


Date

1940 - 1960


Coordinates

255296, 280114


Date Recorded

19/04/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Detached L-plan two-storey gable-fronted former garage, built c.1950, now in use as wholesale outlet. Cement rendered stepped-gable to front elevation, with concrete canopy. Pitched corrugated-iron roof. Roughcast rendered side elevations with buttresses. Outbuilding of similar design and execution to rear.

Appraisal

The design of this stepped gable-fronted former garage is simple and functional. The form and features are typical of garages of this era in Ireland. It's proximity to the former cinema to the south creates an interesting group of well designed twentieth century buildings in Oldcastle.