Whelan's

Attached two-bay three-storey former house over concealed basement, built c. 1750, now in use as public house and having limestone pubfront of dated 1894 to front (east) elevation. M-profile roof, hipped to south, with red brick chimneystacks having clay pots, partly concealed behind red brick parapet having cut granite coping. Shared cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walling, laid in Flemish bond. Square-headed window openings with cut granite sills and replacement windows. Pubfront comprises chamfered polished pink granite end pilasters, with similar colonette to north side of entrance, having carved limestone foliate capitals, scrolled console brackets surmounted by gablets with ball finials, flanking carved limestone fascia having incised lettering and numerals, and dentillated cornice with scalloped capping and central segmental pediment with date and topped by crown finial. Square-headed pub-window with replacement timber frame on carved stone sill having rope-moulding, atop stone stall-riser with panelled pilasters, on stone plinth course. Shouldered entrance opening, corners formed by capitals, with double-leaf timber battened door and paned overlight. Granite paviors to footpath to front, with steel door to basement. Interior has timber panelled bar and partitions, carved timber Victorian fire surrounds, over-mantle mirrors and cast-iron fireplaces.

This public house forms a dramatic impression on the street, with a vigorous ground floor pubfront attributed to J.J. O'Callaghan. The use of carved limestone and polished granite provides a pleasing contrast with the red brick to the upper floors and neighbouring buildings. Its execution is testament to the high level of craftsmanship in the Victorian period. It retains some historic interior fabric. This building may date to the mid-eighteenth century, possibly having been refaced in the nineteenth century.