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Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c.1835, with shopfront c.1900 to ground floor. One of a terrace of three. Now in use as a private dwelling. Pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-line rendered walls with rendered quoins to west-end. Square-headed window openings to first floor having cut stone sills and replacement windows. Two square-headed fix-pane shop display windows to ground floor set in stucco shopfront, comprising pilasters (on square-plan) supporting rendered fascia with plain cornice over having cement console brackets to either end (east and west). Central square-headed doorcase with chamfered cut stone surrounds having battened timber double-doors with leaded overlight above. Limestone step to front. Road-fronted towards the west end of Moyvore. Associated with adjoining house to west (15401701).

A well-proportioned structure of two distinct periods house, which retains its early character and atmosphere. It represents a good example of the typical commercial building, combining house and shop, which are found in almost every Irish town. The modest shopfront (c.1900) is a classic example of its type and date and survives perfectly intact, enhancing the streetscape of Moyvore. The replacement windows detract somewhat from the historic veneer but the good doorcase with a delicate leaded overlight is an interesting feature of note. The suitably well-worn limestone step to the front indicates that this shop played a long central role in the social history of the area, adding a tangible human dimension to this appealing building.