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Alma House

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Alma House
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Alma House in Roosky has a rounded limestone corner, which is a magnificent way to settle an argument with a builder. “Did you cut that corner?” “I did, and you'll be paying extra for it.”

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Corner-sited end-of-terrace house-over-shop, built c.1810, with four-bay side elevation, and recent timber shopfronts to two elevations. Hipped slate roof with lead ridge-flashings, red brick chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater-goods. Coursed squared rubble limestone walls, with dressed stone plinth. South-east corner is rounded. Square-headed window openings with dressed stone voussoirs and block-and-start surrounds, and having replacement timber sliding sash windows, six-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six to first floor, with horns. Blocked opening to side elevation.
This building is distinguished by its dressed limestone walls, contrasting dramatically with the red brick of the buildings to the west on the Diamond. The rounded corner is an attractive feature that softens the corner in what is a particularly prominent place in the town centre. The building retains timber sash windows.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 41303113

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Michael Dibb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Raymond Okonski, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Brian Lenehan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 de; Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; Walking with a phone, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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