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House in Bray
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Originally house; recorded by the architectural inventory as restaurant
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Detached two-bay three-storey former house, built c.1900 in Jacobean style. The building is now in use as a restaurant; it is finished with render and the tall bays are constructed in ashlar granite. The main entrance is located within a recent projecting single-storey porch; this is hip-roofed. To either side of the…

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Detached two-bay three-storey former house, built c.1900 in Jacobean style. The building is now in use as a restaurant; it is finished with render and the tall bays are constructed in ashlar granite. The main entrance is located within a recent projecting single-storey porch; this is hip-roofed. To either side of the front east elevation is a three-storey canted bay with a copper clad domed roof; each bay sits on a three-storey bay with a Jacobean gable. Window openings are flat-headed with one over one timber sash frames. The hipped roof is finished with natural slate. The building faces the road and is set back behind a low rendered wall. The former front garden is now used as a beer garden.
Although it was much altered in the later 20th century this remains a good example of a conversion of a house to commercial use. This flamboyant Edwardian free style design is well preserved and in good condition and its design adds variety and rhythm of this mainly 19th century promenade.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 16301128

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