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Rock Cottage

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End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840. Hipped slate roof with render cornice having bracket course. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed openings to first floor having render label mouldings with ornate render stops, replacement uPVC windows, render sills with ornate brackets. Square-headed bipartite openings to ground floor having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, render label mouldings with ornate render stops, render sills with ornate brackets. Square-headed opening with timber panelled door and render entablature with ornate brackets. Painted rendered walls to site with square-profile piers and single-leaf cast-iron gate.
This building retains much of is original form. The façade retains a coherent decorative scheme comprising render window and door surrounds, which is particular notable for its curious sill brackets, which take to form of human heads.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20823239

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Will McGoldrick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Robert Ashby, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • john berry, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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