Survey Data
Reg No
31811019
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Cultural, Technical
Original Use
House
Date
1810 - 1850
Coordinates
193192, 280991
Date Recorded
04/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house built, c.1830, with shopfront to ground floor and with rear return and outbuildings to rear of site. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Pebbledashed upper walls, rendered string course and plinth and smooth render to ground floor. Replacement uPVC windows with tooled stone sills. Glazed timber double doors with raised tooled stone surround with keystone flanked by traceried sidelights and surmounted by spoked fanlight. Timber shopfront with pilasters, fascia with raise lettering, timber and glazed double doors with overlight and stone threshold and flanked by display windows with replacement uPVC glazing. Outbuilding to rear with wrought-iron gate adjoining house to north. House fronts directly onto street.
Appraisal
This building, situated to the north of the Roman Catholic Church on Elphin Street, is of cultural significance due to its association with P.A. Sharkey, the author of "The Heart of Ireland". Its classical form is enriched by decorative elements and fabric including an elaborate doorway with tooled stone surround, spoked fanlight and decorative sidelights which retain their original glass.