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Castle View House

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Castle View House
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Castle View House in Coolbane has a shopfront built into its domestic face. Most houses make you feel guilty for arriving empty-handed; this one looks equipped to sell you a box of biscuits before letting you into the parlour.

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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, having late nineteenth-century shopfront to front (north) elevation and extensions to rear (south) elevation. Pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves having timber brackets, rendered chimneystacks, render copings and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings having painted concrete sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed opening having spoked fanlight over timber panelled door. Shopfront comprising render pilasters supporting fascia and cornice. Square-headed display opening with fixed glazed window. Square-headed opening having glazed fanlight over half-glazed timber panelled door.
A well proportioned middle-size house retaining its original form and fabric, and which contributes to the streetscape of Castleconnell. The simple shopfront contributes to the architectural design significance of the building.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21807001

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Pictures: Jamesanthonyohare, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; SirGarick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Oliver Dixon, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Discover Lough Derg, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Antony Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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