What is recorded here

End-of-terrace four-bay single-storey house, built c.1900, with extension to rear. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched corrugated roof with rendered chimneystack, gable over porch having timber bargeboards and finial. Roughcast rendered walls. Replacement uPVC windows with stone sills. Square-headed door opening with timber door and overlight. Moulding above door.

This cottage on Brendan Street, which was formerly known as the New Street, brings a certain architectural quality to Birr. A feature of note on this building is the decorative plaque above the entrance door. In low relief and with a white and blue glaze, it depicts the Angel Gabriel speaking to Mary of the birth of her son Jesus. It may have been inserted following the Eucharistic Congress.

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