Survey Data
Reg No
20905905
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
Historical Use
Post office
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
128762, 81155
Date Recorded
16/04/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey with dormer attic house, built c.1820, formerly also in use as post office and shop. Single-storey hipped roofed addition and flat-roofed extension to front (east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with timber signage to side (north) elevation. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Fixed single-pane timber-framed display window to former shop extension, having wrought-iron window guard rails. Blind square-headed door opening to side (north) elevation having rendered surround, with decorative render keystone and uPVC casement window over rendered plinth. Located on roadside.
Appraisal
This building is a key feature in Carriganimmy. As the former post office, it once held a significant social function in the village and the surrounding countryside. The combined use of a building for residential and commercial purposes is a feature once common throughout Ireland, but now increasingly rare. It retains much of its historic character and fabric.