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Garage in Clara, County Offaly (14802001)

Garage
Garage in Clara
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14802001
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Detached gable-fronted double-height former garage, built c.1940, with corrugated-iron extension to rear. Now disused. Fronts directly onto street. Hipped corrugated-iron roof, hidden behind curvilinear and stepped parapet with parapet and coping. Roughcast rendered walls. Segmental-headed window opening to first…

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Detached gable-fronted double-height former garage, built c.1940, with corrugated-iron extension to rear. Now disused. Fronts directly onto street. Hipped corrugated-iron roof, hidden behind curvilinear and stepped parapet with parapet and coping. Roughcast rendered walls. Segmental-headed window opening to first floor of entrance gable with timber casement window. Square-headed door opening with double timber battened doors.
The striking parapet of this former garage, with its segmental-headed central window, marks this structure as an interesting architectural feature within the Clara streetscape. This design feature is typical of buildings of this type from the mid twentieth century. Though now disused, much of the original character of this functional building has survived.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14802001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Clara GAA official club gallery; photographer not named, www.claragaa.com
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