P.A. Moloney

End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, c.1840,possibly originally two separate houses retaining some original fenestration with two-bay single-storey return to rear to south-east having single-bay two-storey lean-to lower flanking bay to east. Renovated and refenestrated, c.1860, with timber shopfront inserted to right ground floor. Renovated, c.1900, with timber shopfront inserted to left ground floor. Now disused. Hipped and gable-ended roof with slate (lean-to to return). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Painted. Rendered quoins to corners. Roughcast walls to rear (south-east) elevation. Unpainted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Original 6/6 timber sash windows to side (north-east) elevation. Replacement 2/2 timber sash windows, c.1860. Timber shopfront, c.1860, to right ground floor with panelled pilasters having decorative consoles, fixed-pane tripartite display windows and glazed timber panelled double doors having timber fascia over with moulded cornice. Timber shopfront, c.1900, to left ground floor with fluted pilasters, fixed-pane display window and glazed timber panelled double doors having fascia over with moulded cornice. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

P.A. Moloney is a fine and substantial building that, although in fair condition, retains an early aspect and character. Possibly originally two separate buildings (single-bay to north-east; two-bay to south-west) the building has a low-lying quality that is emphasised by its neighbour immediately to south-west, which is one full storey taller – the result is an attractive graduation of the roofline as the Main Street ascends to the south-west. The buildings retains many early features and materials, including two shopfronts of the early twentieth century, one of which incorporates elaborate consoles, the other of which conforms to the true traditional Irish shopfront. The shopfront emphasises the social and historic importance of the building as early evidence of the commercialisation of Kilcullen in the mid nineteenth century. Further early features of note include the timber sash fenestration (some of which is probably original) and a slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods.