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End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1940, having render shopfront to front (north). Formerly in use as shop. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, timber clad eaves and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls with plinth. Decorative pilasters with Celtic interlace paternation to first floor. Square-headed window openings to first floor, having render surrounds with raised render keystones and replacement timber casement windows. Render shopfront comprising pilasters with Celtic interlace paternation surmounted by capped consoles, fret work platband and dentilated cornice. Diminished Celtic interlace pilasters flanking openings. Square-headed window openings with render sills, having raised render surrounds with egg-and-tongue inspired motifs and scrolled consoles surmounted by camber-headed hoodmoulding with interlaced motifs and replacement timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening having decorative pilasters with egg-and-tongue inspired motifs and scrolled consoles, surmounted by camber-headed hoodmoulding with interlace tympanum and timber panelled door surmounted by single-pane overlight. Located on south side of Main Street.

This modestly scaled terraced house is an integral element of a terrace of historic houses. The façade is greatly enlivened by elaborate plasterwork including decorative pilasters with various forms of interlacing flanking both the shopfront and window openings. The work is perhaps, by a local artisan builder Pat McAuliffe (1846-1921) or a local tradesman who was influenced by his work within the area. Early to mid twentieth-century architecture was heavily influenced by contemporary politics with many building designs attempting to form a national identity, best exemplified here by the inclusion of ancient Celtic interlace motifs incorporated with more mainstream classical architectural features, as is demonstrated in this shopfront.