Murphy, house in County Kilkenny

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Terraced two-bay two-storey house, c.1825, on a corner site with two-bay two-storey side (north) elevation. Renovated, c.1850, with shopfront inserted to ground floor. Now disused. Hipped and pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows having one six-over-six timber sash window to ground floor side (north) elevation. Timber shopfront, c.1850, to ground floor on a symmetrical plan with panelled pilasters, fixed-pane timber display windows, timber boarded double doors having overlight, fascia having raised lettering, and cornice. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete footpath to front.

A pleasant small-scale house of modest architectural aspirations retaining most of the original form and massing together with much of the historic fabric, thereby contributing to the historic character of the streetscape. A simple Irish shopfront of artistic design distinction exhibiting good quality traditional craftsmanship significantly enhances the picturesque appeal of the site in the streetscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12301048

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