P. Lane

Terraced three-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1915, having render shopfront to front (east). Now forming part of one shop. Pitched artificial slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, rendered eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Camber-headed window openings to first floor, having moulded rubbed brick voussoirs and block-and-start surrounds with replacement uPVC casement windows. Render shopfront having comprising paired pilasters with decorative consoles, moulded architrave, frieze and corbelled cornice acting as sill course to first floor window openings. Square-headed window openings with render sills and moulded timber surrounds, having replacement uPVC display windows. Square-headed door openings having single- and double-leaf timber panelled doors surmounted by replacement uPVC overlights giving access to internal porch. Situated fronting directly onto Straid Nua.

This terraced shop forms an integral part of a group of three identical buildings within a historic terrace. The group is characterised by camber-headed windows and shows influences from Arts and Crafts architecture with a varied use of materials from moulded bricks to the windows, red brick chimneys and a rendered shopfronts. Despite recent renovations, original decorative features including a corbelled cornice and simple moulded window surrounds greatly enhance the façade with this uncomplicated shopfront design becoming an increasingly rare feature within the Irish streetscape.