Overview
house — Strokestown is recorded as house in Roscommon. Pair of semi-detached two-bay two-storey houses, built c.1940, with pedimented bowed window bays to facades, two-storey flat-roofed bay to gable ends and extensions to rear. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Pair of semi-detached two-bay two-storey houses, built c.1940, with pedimented bowed window bays to facades, two-storey flat-roofed bay to gable ends and extensions to rear.
People and work
The saved account records: Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods.
How it changed
The saved account records: Rendered and pebbledashed walls with stucco platband to first floor.
What survives
The saved account records: Houses are set behind rendered wall with renered piers and wrought-iron pedestrian gates.
Why it mattered
house — Strokestown matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The form and materials of this house are representative of architectural design in the mid-twentieth century. Its exterior is enhanced by the pedimented bow with original timber casement windows, while the stained glass window adds artistic interest to the structure. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
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