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Terraced four-bay three-storey house, c.1840, with square-headed integral carriageway to right ground floor. Extensively renovated, c.1920, with two-storey pubfront inserted to left ground floor. Renovated, c.1950. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1970, comprising two-bay two-storey flat-roofed return to rear to north-west. Part refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roof behind rendered parapet. Replacement artificial slate, c.1970. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Exposed eaves to rear (north-west). Replacement rainwater goods, c.1970. Flat-roofed to return. Bitumen felt. Rendered walls. Channelled. Painted. Terrazzo band, c.1950, inserted to ground floor in form of plinth. Rendered parapet, c.1950, with rendered coping. Replacement render, c.1970, to remainder. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement 1/1 timber sash windows, c.1920, to front (south-east) elevation (replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990, to remainder). Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1990, with rendered panel over. Square-headed integral carriageway to right ground floor. Replacement iron gates, c.1970. Openings remodelled, c.1920, to left ground and first floor with pubfront inserted comprising fixed-pane display windows with timber door having overlights and profiled timber fascia over with fixed-pane radial display window to first floor having profiled timber fascia over with moulded cornice. Road fronted. Concrete brick footpath to front.

This building is a fine, balanced edifice that retains an early character to the front (south-east) elevation – renovated and extended to rear (north-east) over various periods, the alterations do not detract considerably from the street aspect of the building. An unusual and attractive feature is the two-storey shopfront to the left – the only one of its kind in the locality – that distinguishes the building on the streetscape and which is of some social and historic importance as early evidence of the commercialisation of Naas. The buildings retains many original features and materials, including early twentieth-century timber sash fenestration, terrazzo detailing, and so on, while the channelled render adds a rhythmic quality to the piece. The building is an important component of Main Street North, continuing the established streetline and contributing to the varied roofline of the terrace.