Victor’s Restaurant\Surf and Turf\ZigZags — Main Street

Attached three-bay two-storey former market house, built 1862, having central shallow full-height single-bay breakfront, projecting full-height pilasters (on square-plan) to the corners of the main elevation (north), and with screen walls to either side (east and west) of the main elevation having integral round-headed carriage-arches with ashlar sandstone surrounds. Central section now in use as a restaurant with carriage-arch to the west now infilled to provide kitchen area. Formerly in use as offices. Former blocks to the south now demolished with modern structures arranged around central courtyard to the south. Hipped natural with central shallow pediment to central breakfront, cut stone eaves cornice, cut stone blocks to either end (east and west), and with surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods; raised stepped cut stone coping to screen walls having yellow brick eaves course with moulded cut stone cornice over. Roughly squared and coursed rubble stone walls over projecting battered cut stone plinth having pulvinated cut stone stringcourse over, yellow brick eaves course with yellow brick eaves course, flush yellow brick block-and-start quoin detailing to corners of pilasters and breakfront, and yellow brick course above ground floor openings having flush ashlar sandstone course over with moulded sandstone cornice; smooth rendered ruled-and-lined finish to west elevation of main block at first floor level. Roughly squared and coursed rubble stone construction to screen walls having projecting full-height squared rubble stone pilasters to outer corners with flush yellow brick block-and-start quoin detailing to the corners. Ashlar sandstone surrounds to carriage-arches having projecting cut stone stringcourses at arch springing point; wrought-iron double-gates to carriage-arch to the east, carriage-arch to the west now infilled with modern fixed-pane window fittings and square-headed doorway. Round-headed window openings to outer bays of main block at ground floor level with shallow segmental-headed window openings over at first floor level having stone sills, flush yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, and with replacement fixed-pane two-over-two pane window fittings; paired round-headed window openings to central bay at first floor level having stone sills, flush yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, and with replacement fixed-pane one-over-one pane window fittings. Segmental-headed doorway to centre bay of main block having ashlar sandstone surround with keystone detail, plinth blocks, ashlar sandstone step, and with replacement door, sidelight and overlight. Road-fronted to the centre of Main Street, Ballybofey. Carriage-arch to the east gives access to former market yard.