Ballymagroarty Heritage Centre — Main Street

Corner-sited four-bay two-storey house half-dormer attic, built c. 1820 and modified c. 1910, having shopfront to the north-east end of the main elevation (north-west) and with four gable-front half-dormer openings. Possibly originally two individual properties, now combined. Formerly in use as a hardware shop, c. 1910, and as an undertakers, later in use as a heritage centre until c. 2005. Now in use as a private house. Two-bay two-storey house attached to south-west, now amalgamated to form a single property. Single-storey extension to the rear at the north end of the main building. Pitched artificial slate roof to north-west and natural slate roof to south-east pitch of main body of house, having three ruled-and-lined rendered chimneystacks with splayed caps, projecting rendered eaves course, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched natural slate roof to building adjoining to the south-west. Ruled-and-lined rendered front elevation (north-west) of main body of building over smooth rendered plinth, with raised render block-and-start quoins to the corners. Exposed rubble stone construction to the rear elevation (south-east). Segmental-headed window opening at ground floor to main elevation (north-west) having rendered stone sill, rendered surround with keystone detail, and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window; gabled windows to half-dormer attic level having rendered stone sills, rendered surrounds, and segmental-headed two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Modern metal guards to windows. Square-headed window openings to building adjoining to the south-west having stone sills and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window at first floor level and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to the ground floor. Square-headed door opening, offset to the south-west of centre, having timber panelled door with bolection mouldings (c. 1910), rendered plinth blocks, plain rendered surround and plain overlight over. Rendered shopfront to the north-east end of main elevation having central recessed square-headed door opening with half-glazed timber door, flanking square-headed fixed-pane display windows over rendered stallrisers, and having render panelled pilasters to either end having moulded console brackets over, and with plain render fascia with metal gutter over. Square-headed door opening to the building adjoining to the south-west having timber panelled door. Road-fronted to the centre of Ballintra, and adjacent to the west of the former fair green. Laneway to the north-east of site. Yard to rear (south-east) having multi-bay two-storey outbuilding to the south-east, built c. 1860, and multi-bay three-storey outbuilding to the north-east, built c. 1820. Outbuilding to the north-east formerly in use as a dance hall with north-west portion recently converted for use as a dwelling. Pitched natural slate roof to outbuilding to the south-east, and pitched corrugated-metal roof to outbuilding to the north-west having rubble stone chimneystack to the north-west gable end. Stone eaves course to outbuilding to the south-east. Rubble stone construction with roughly dressed and squared stone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings to upper floors having stone sills, roughly dressed stone voussoirs to lintels and replacement timber casement windows or timber louvers. Square-headed door and loading bay openings to outbuilding to the north-east having timber doors. Shallow segmental-headed door and carriage-arch openings to outbuilding to the south-east having roughly dressed voussoirs and replacement doors and double doors. Modern square-headed carriage-arch with metal doors to outbuilding to the north-east. Integral shallow segmental-headed carriage-arch opening to the outbuilding to the north-east, giving access to yard to rear of main building, having roughly dressed voussoirs to arch and modern metal gates. External flight of steps to the north-east gable end of outbuilding to the south-east, giving access to first floor level.