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Athlone Lock — The Quay

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Athlone Lock — The Quay
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Detached three-bay two-storey harbour master's house, built c.1900, now in use as private residence. Modern single-bay single-storey extension to rear (south). Pitched natural slate roof with decorative ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods, rendered chimneystacks and overhanging eaves. Smooth rendered walls to ground floor and roughcast rendered above to first floor, separated by projecting rendered string course. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and cut stone sills. Square-headed doorcase to east (river-facing) elevation. Small garden enclosure to east surrounded by wrought-iron railings on cut stone plinth with cast-iron gate piers and gate. Located on the west side of the River Shannon adjacent to the Shannon Navigation Lock (15000345).

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