Survey Data
Reg No
40000304
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
Building misc
Date
1885 - 1890
Coordinates
242049, 305146
Date Recorded
06/06/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey former house, built 1887, with infilled former integral carriage-arch to south and two-bay two-storey lean-to extension to rear. Now in commercial use. Pitched artificial slate roof, red-brick chimneystacks with band of yellow-brick and replacement rainwater goods. Render removed exposing roughly squared rubble stone walls. Smooth rendered to rear. Red-brick block-and-start window surrounds with cut-stone sills and two-over-two timber sliding sash windows windows. Segmental-headed former carriage arch with red-brick surround infilled with rubble-stone masonry with inset two-over-two timber sliding sash window in block-and-start surround. Round-headed red-brick door surround with single-pane fanlight and replacement panelled door. Opens directly onto street.
Appraisal
A modest two-storey house forming part of a uniform terrace, typical of the late nineteenth century. Despite removal of the historic render the house retains its original scale, proportions and characteristic red-brick surrounds which serve to unify the terrace, the facade further enriched by an earlier carriage arch. The building makes an important contribution to the modest streetscape of Church Street, which contrasts with the grander scale of civic, ecclesiastical and larger residential buildings on Farnham Street and provides insight into the historic urban development and social history of Cavan town.