John Morrow — LEAT BEG

The saved account records: Detached six-bay single-storey house and former shop, built c. 1930, comprising three-bay single-storey house to the west having central single-bay flat-roofed entrance porch to the main elevation (south) flanked to either side by gable-fronted bays, and with three-bay single-storey former shop to the east having central single-bay flat-roofed entrance porch to the main elevation (south).

The saved account records: Gable-fronted bay to the north end of the west side elevation.

The saved account records: Pitched artificial slate roofs (felt tiles) with clay ridge tiles, decorative wavy timber bargeboards to gable-fronted bays, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with three cement rendered chimneystacks.

The saved account records: Vehicular entrance to the east end of boundary wall to front having gravelled forecourt to the north.

John Morrow — LEAT BEG matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Although now out of use, this charming former house with attached former grocery and hardware shop retains its early form, character and much of its original fabric. It originally dates to the first half of the twentieth-century, a period when many buildings of its type were built throughout Ireland. It is notable for the use of corrugated-metal sheeting for the cladding of the walls while subdued decorative interest is added by the way timber bargeboards to the gable-fronted bays and by the timber windows with the distinctive margin glazing bars. The corrugated-metal cladding enhances the verticality of the… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.