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Granary in Townparks

Granary
Granary in Townparks
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Originally granary; recorded by the architectural inventory as amusement arcade
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Attached six-bay three-storey gable-fronted former warehouse, built c. 1870, now in use as apartments and amusement arcade. Rectangular-plan, westernmost two-bays angled, single-storey flat-roofed extension to north c. 1970. Pitched slate roof, hipped to west, clay ridge and hip tiles, cast- iron half-round gutters on…

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Attached six-bay three-storey gable-fronted former warehouse, built c. 1870, now in use as apartments and amusement arcade. Rectangular-plan, westernmost two-bays angled, single-storey flat-roofed extension to north c. 1970. Pitched slate roof, hipped to west, clay ridge and hip tiles, cast- iron half-round gutters on brick eaves corbel course. Random rubble walling, rock-faced stone quoins, painted smooth render to ground floor east elevation. Segmental-headed window openings, red brick dressings, no sills, painted timber louvres, painted timber casement windows to ground floor south elevation. Square-headed door openings to east elevation, painted sheet steel double doors; elliptical-headed, openings to south elevation, rock-faced ashlar surrounds, opening to west infilled; square-headed loading bay door openings to first floor south elevation, opening to east infilled with window, dressed stone plinth blocks, painted timber vertically-sheeted door. Street fronted; enclosed yard to south; two-storey return building to Ardee Clinic to west; rubble stone boundary wall to south east, masonry coping, elliptical-headed brick-dressed archway with painted sheet steel sliding door.
This warehouse acts as a reminder of the industrial heritage of the town. Together with other nearby warehouse buildings, the structure contributes to the essential character of the area.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13823011

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Nuala Furley, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Dasmuy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Rainer Lippert, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Olivier BEZES, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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