Patrick Furlong

Terraced three-bay three-storey house, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan with shopfront to ground floor. Sold, 1965. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack (south) having stringcourse below capping, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Rendered shopfront to ground floor centred on timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with rendered sill course, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing three-over-six timber sash windows without horns having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (upper floors): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

A house representing an important component of the built heritage of Enniscorthy with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression; and the high pitched roof. Having been well maintained, the form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, including a shopfront of artistic interest making a pleasing visual statement in Templeshannon at street level.