Survey Data
Reg No
15312006
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Public house
In Use As
Restaurant
Date
1850 - 1880
Coordinates
257005, 251953
Date Recorded
06/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Attached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1865, built as part of a common building project with house to the east (15312007). Hipped natural slate roof with projecting eaves course and moulded red brick chimneystacks. Ruled-and-line rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth with raised quoins to the corners at west end. Square-headed window openings to first floor with replacement paired casement window to the west end and two one-over-one pane timber sash windows to east end. Continuous shopfront to the ground floor having fluted pilasters supporting timber fascia board and cornice. Square-headed doorcase with replacement timber door and plain overlight. Semi-circular gate pier abuts house at west end.
Appraisal
An appealing mid to late nineteenth-century house retaining much of its early character. Of particular importance is the survival of a traditional Irish shopfront which has a pleasing symmetry and represents a good example of its type. Traditional Irish shopfronts are increasingly endangered and should be protected as important examples of architectural and artistic craftsmanship. This house was built as part of a common building project with the house to the west (15312007) and the resulting ensemble has a strong architectural presence in the streetscape at the north end of Killucan.