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house — Mountcharles

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Attached end-of-terrace three-bay three-storey rendered house, built c. 1840, having extension to the rear. Possibly in use as an R.I.C. barracks c. 1860 and possibly later in use as a hotel. Altered c. 1900; now out of use. Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) with metal rooflights to front pitch (north-east) and having smooth rendered chimneystacks to either gable end (north-west and south-east) with stepped stringcourses. Wrought-iron brackets to eaves supporting replacement rainwater goods; some remaining cast-iron downpipes. Smooth rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth, and have render block-and-start quoins to the corners at either end. Square-headed window openings with moulded architrave surrounds with keystone detail, six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows with margin glazing pattern, and with continuous sill courses at first and second floor level. Decorative fielded lozenge/diamond motifs to keystones of window surrounds at ground floor level; paired window openings to the north-west side of doorway at ground floor level. Square-headed door opening having moulded architrave surround with keystone having fielded lozenge/diamond motif, plinth blocks, replacement timber door, and plain overlight. Road-fronted to the south-east of the centre of Mountcharles. Laneway to the north-west gable end giving access to the rear.

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