Birmingham Cameras — Burgh Quay

The saved account records: Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former house over shop, built c.1820, having recent shopfront to front (north) elevation.

The saved account records: M-profile pitched slate roof, hidden behind cut granite parapet with carved granite cornice.

The saved account records: Red brick, laid in Flemish bond, to upper floors of wall to front, render platband over shopfront.

The saved account records: Square-headed window openings having masonry sills, six-over-three pane and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows.

Birmingham Cameras — Burgh Quay matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The houses fronting on to Burgh Quay were designed to the standard of the Wide Street Commission, and built on land which had been cleared to join Aston Quay and George Quay. As well as a residence over the shop, this building has served as a coal merchant's office, sailor's outfitters, and a marine engineer's office, reflecting the maritime heritage of the area and significance of the quays to the commercial heart of Dublin. Although the arcaded stone shopfront, of a type which was common to each of the buildings in this group, has been replaced or covered, this building retains much of its traditional form and… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.