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Attached end-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1810, having modern shopfront inserted to front elevation (north), c. 1995, and with modern two-storey returns to the rear (south). Probably originally one of a pair with the building adjacent to the west (see 40823038). Now in use as an offices with hairdressers at ground floor level. Pitched natural slate roof having projecting roughcast rendered eaves course, shared red brick chimneystack to the west end, modern rooflights, and with some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Smooth rendered walls to shopfront. Smooth rendered fascia panel to the east side elevation. Square-headed window openings to the front elevation and the east side elevation at first floor level having smooth rendered reveals, stone sills, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to the east side elevation at attic level having smooth rendered reveals, stone sills, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Central square-headed doorway to the shopfront having glazed timber door flanked to either side by fixed-pane timber display windows. Modern fascia over ground floor openings having modern console bracket detailing to either end. Road-fronted at a corner site to the centre of The Mall, and a short distance to the west of the centre of Ramelton and overlooking River Leannan to the north.

Although altered with a modern shopfront inserted, this attractive two-storey house, which probably originally dates to the early-nineteenth century, retains its early form and character to the upper floor and at roof level. It probably originally formed a pair of structures with the building (see 40823038) adjoining to the west that were originally built at the same time. It is similar in scale and form to a pair of buildings to the west (see 40823035 and 40823036). Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the natural slate roof and the timber sliding sash windows. This building dates to a period when The Mall at Ramelton was a fashionable address for a burgeoning middle and professional class (mainly associated with the thriving port), and forms part of an interesting and attractive collection of buildings aligning The Mall dating to this era in the town’s history. Sensitively restored, this building would represent an integral element of the built heritage of the local area.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40823037

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