What is recorded here

Terraced four-bay two-storey house built c.1820, with integral segmental-headed carriage arch to eastern-most bay. Now in use as post office with accommodation over. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls over rendered plinth with raised 'belt-buckle'-style quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and replacement windows. Recessed segmental-headed door opening with quoin detail to surround, timber panelled door with spoke fanlight over. Segmental-headed integral carriage arch to eastern bay has timber sheeted double doors. Modern door to post office, set into former window opening, comprising square-headed opening with modern timber and glazed door. Road-fronted at east-end of Ballynacarrigy.

An appealing house which retains its early character. It dates to the rapid development of Ballynacarrigy following the arrival of the Royal Canal in the early nineteenth-century. The unusual detailing to the doorcase is a noteworthy feature which gives this building a great presence in the streetscape of Ballynacarrigy. The 'belt-buckle'-style quoins to the corners is a trait shared with a number of buildings in Mullingar Town and may be a local fashion at the time. It remains an integral part of the architectural heritage of Westmeath.

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