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House in Pallas
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Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey medical officer's house, built c.1910, with dispensary to rear and gabled bays to front and rear. Set back from road. Pitched slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and some lead rainwater goods. Timber bargeboards to gables. Pebbledashed render to…

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Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey medical officer's house, built c.1910, with dispensary to rear and gabled bays to front and rear. Set back from road. Pitched slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and some lead rainwater goods. Timber bargeboards to gables. Pebbledashed render to walls with full-height pilasters to corners and red brick string and continuous sill courses. Segmental- and square-headed window openings with red brick lintels, stone sills and timber casement windows. Timber sash windows to extension. Pointed-arched door opening with red brick lintel, timber panelled door and overlight. Rendered two-storey outbuilding to rear with pitched slate roof. Site bounded by random coursed plinth wall surmounted by wrought-iron railings with pedestrian gate to front and ashlar gate piers to rear site.
Located on a corner within the small settlement of Blue Ball, this one-time medical officer's house and dispensary played an important social function to the locality in the past. Despite a change in function it has maintained its original form and much fabric. Of obvious architectural design, the use of red brick to highlight the architectural form enlivens the façade and creates an aesthetically pleasing contrast with the rendered walls. Altogether this striking structure, together with its rear outbuilding makes a vital contribution to the locality.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14924001

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  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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