Survey Data
Reg No
14819150
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
205967, 204876
Date Recorded
30/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced four-bay three-storey house, built c.1820, with shopfront and returns to rear. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and terracotta ridge tiles. Ruled-and-lined render to walls with rendered quoins. Timber sash windows with stucco surrounds and tooled stone sills, those at first floor are lugged. Timber shopfront with rendered stallriser and fluted pilasters, console brackets and cornice with raised lettering to fascia board. Timber mullioned display window, flanked by double timber doors to north and single timber door to south with timber mullioned overlights. Two freestanding petrol pumps to front pavement.
Appraisal
This well proportioned and modestly designed building is enhanced by the retention of much original fabric and features. Of particular note are the moulded window surrounds. The lugged architraves are reminiscent of the classical design popular in Ireland during the eighteenth century. The memorable shopfront, comprising double and single doors, creates an unusual and visually appealing element with the streetscape of Birr.