house — John Street Lower

Terraced five-bay three-storey house, c.1775, with square-headed carriageway to right ground floor, and single-bay three-storey lower central return to south having two-bay three-storey gabled flanking bay continuing into single-bay two-storey return. Subsequently in use as Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, c.1850-c.1925. Extensively renovated, c.1925. Renovated, pre-1992, with pair of shopfronts inserted to ground floor. Pitched roof (hipped to central return; gabled to flanking bay) with replacement artificial slate, c.1925, red brick Running bond chimney stacks, and iron rainwater goods on moulded cut-limestone eaves (on rendered eaves to rear (south) elevation). Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (north) elevation with cut-limestone quoins to corners, random rubble limestone wall to side (west) elevation having red brick irregular bond section to gable, and unpainted roughcast walls to remainder. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and replacement timber casement windows, c.1925. Round-headed door opening with cut-limestone Gibbsian surround, and timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed carriageway to right ground floor in elliptical-headed recess with replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors, pre-1992. Pair of timber shopfronts, pre-1992, to ground floor with panelled pilasters, fixed-pane timber windows, glazed timber doors having overlights, fascias having consoles, and moulded cornices. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.