Mount Carmel, house in County Galway

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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1910, having two-storey full-height canted bays to front elevation. Recent single-storey hipped roof extension to rear. Hipped artificial slate roofs. Rendered chimneystacks with moulded cornices, moulded render cornice to eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls, having rendered plinth to front and side walls, and front having render quoins. Square-headed window openings with render sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening to internal porch, with replacement uPVC outer door and fanlight, having panelled pilasters and archivolt. Square-headed inner door opening with timber panelled door having geometric glazing, and side panels and overlight. Rendered enclosing wall to front with rendered gate piers.

This house, with its symmetrical façade, is a pleasant building in the streetscape. It is enhanced by the retention of timber sash windows and by the decorative render quoins and cornices.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30318057

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