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End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, c.1825. Renovated, c.1900, with shopfront inserted to centre ground floor. Reroofed, c.1950. Now disused to ground floor. Pitched roof with replacement artificial slate, c.1950, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves.…

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End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, c.1825. Renovated, c.1900, with shopfront inserted to centre ground floor. Reroofed, c.1950. Now disused to ground floor. Pitched roof with replacement artificial slate, c.1950, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoins to ends. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door. Timber shopfront, c.1900, to centre ground floor with panelled pilasters, fixed-pane timber display window, timber panelled half-door, fascia over, and projecting cornice forming canopy on decorative consoles. Interior with timber panelled reveals/shutters to window openings. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
An appealing house of modest architectural pretensions presenting an early aspect, thereby making a positive impression on the historic character of the streetscape. Having survived the cessation of the commercial interest a finely-detailed distinctive shopfront exhibiting high quality craftsmanship enlivens the visual appeal of the site at street level: archival sources indicate that the shopfront model was once a characteristic particular to Castlecomer, thereby confirming or compounding the importance of the survival.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12301026

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