J. Hopkins — Clogher

Detached three-bay two-storey former house and shop, built c. 1880, having central single-bay flat-roofed porch to front elevation (east), and three-bay two-storey return to rear (west) at north end with shopfront to north elevation. Now in disuse. Pitched natural slate roof to main block with two rendered chimneystacks and with raised rendered verges to gable ends (north and south). Pitched natural slate roof to return/block to northwest having rendered chimneystack and raised rendered verge to the west gable end. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted lined-and-ruled render over roughly coursed and squared rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, and single six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window to end-bay ground floor, to main block. Painted limestone sills throughout. Square-headed window openings to block to northwest having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to porch having glazed overlight and sidelights flanking timber battened door. Shopfront/pubfront to north elevation with timber fascia having dentiled cornice with raised lettering over square-headed door opening with glazed overlight over timber battened half-door. Door flanked by carved timber Doric style pilasters having inset recessed panels. North elevation set slightly back from road. Garden to front (east) of main block having rendered boundary wall to road-frontage. Pedestrian entrance to the north comprising a pair of coursed squared limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having carved limestone caps over and with wrought-iron flat-bar gate. Vehicular entrance to the northeast comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) with a pair of wrought-iron flat-bar gates. Located to the north of Newtown-Cashel, just to the west of rural road junction.