Hourigan, house in County Galway

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Detached two-bay three-storey house, built c.1820, with later timber shopfront to front (south) elevation, and extension to rear with catslide roof. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and pebbledashed chimneystack. Pebble-dash to first and second floor, with smooth render to ground floor and east gable. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns. Shopfront comprising fixed window and timber panelled door with overlight, flanked by Doric pilasters supporting entablature with lettered fascia and cornice.

This modest building is an integral part of the streetscape of Main Street. Much early fabric remains including the slate roof, timber sash windows and timber shopfront. The latter feature is particularly notable, its simple design being a fine example of a traditional retail premises and gives an insight into the work of traditional tradesmen and craftsmen in Irish towns.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30338009

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