Jim Harte and Company — The Diamond

Attached mid-terrace three-bay two-storey house built c. 1885, having later shopfront to the north end of the front elevation (east), c. 1980. Now also in use as an office. One of a pair with the building (see 40833014) adjoining to the south. 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 opening to south bay at ground floor level having smooth rendered surround to bottom half (below stringcourse), architraved surrounds to upper half (above stringcourse) with field keystone over, painted moulded sill, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window 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. Modern timber shopfront to the north end of the front elevation (east) having timber windows with overlight, glazed square-headed doorway, and with modern fascia over. Road-fronted to the west side of the Diamond to the centre of Raphoe.