house — The Diamond

Attached end-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house built c. 1885. One of a pair with the building (see 40833015) adjoining to the north. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles, overhanging eaves supported on paired corbelled brackets, yellow brick chimneystacks to gable ends (north and south) with clay pots over. Ruled-and-lined smooth rendered walls having projecting smooth rendered plinth course, fielded rendered block quoins to the corners, and moulded render stringcourses at ground floor and to window heads at first floor level. Segmental-headed window openings at ground floor level having smooth rendered surrounds to bottom half (below stringcourse), architraved surrounds to upper half (above stringcourse) with field keystone over, painted moulded sills, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with horizontal glazing bars. Square-headed window openings at first floor level having smooth rendered surrounds, moulded painted sills, chamfered lintel, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with horizontal glazing bars. Central segmental-headed doorway to main elevation having smooth rendered surround to bottom section (below stringcourse), architraved surround to upper section (above stringcourse) with field keystone over, chamfered reveals, overlight, timber panelled door with rectangular and circular motifs with bolection mouldings and with brass door furniture, and flanking timber pilasters with foliate timber console brackets over supporting moulded timber lintel. Road-fronted to the west side of the Diamond to the centre of Raphoe. Laneway to the south giving access to rear. Detached single-storey shed with hipped purple slate roof and rubble stone boundary wall to south side of yard to rear.