House in Collooney, County Sligo

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Detached three-bay two-storey with attic rendered house, built c. 1880, now in use as commercial premises. Single-bay two-storey gabled projection from north gable. Pitched slate roofs, dressed stone corbelled chimneystacks to gables, roll-top clay ridge tiles, projecting painted timber barge boards, smooth-rendered gabled dormers to east elevation projecting beyond eaves carried on profiled masonry corbels, cast-iron half-round gutters on projecting painted timber eaves, cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth-rendered walling, heavily moulded rendered cornice at first floor, moulded impost string course to ground floor. Round-headed window openings to ground floor, plain rendered band around arched heads, painted stone sills, painted timber casement windows c.1970. Round-headed first floor window openings, painted masonry sills, painted four-over-four timber sash windows. Round-headed central door opening, infilled as window c. 1970, plain rendered band surround, moulded keystone. Pointed-arch door opening in single-storey wing to north, painted timber vertically-sheeted door, leading to concrete spiral staircase. Ground floor interior consists of large open space with cast-iron columns. Street fronted, decorative cast-iron railings and painted masonry gate piers to north. Single-storey gabled outbuilding to north, pitched slate roof, painted smooth-rendered walling, central doorway with hood moulding over.

This building is robustly modelled and contains some rather idiosyncratic detailing.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 32310008

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