Survey Data
Reg No
11810051
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Store/warehouse
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
267429, 219343
Date Recorded
12/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay two-storey gable-fronted rubble stone warehouse, c.1840, with four-bay side elevations to north and to south. Reroofed, c.1980, probably with gable and pitch remodelled. Shallow gable-ended (gable-fronted) roof. Replacement corrugated-iron. Timber eaves. Replacement aluminium rainwater goods, c.1980. Random squared rubble stone walls. Dressed stone quoins to corners. Outlines of shallow segmental-headed openings (including pair of integral carriageways to ground floor). No sills. Yellow brick dressings. Now blocked-up with one window opening retaining fabric of former timber fitting. Set back from road.
Appraisal
This warehouse is of considerable social and historical importance, attesting to the early industrialisation of Rathangan following the establishment of the Grand Canal in the locality in the late eighteenth century. Reroofed in the late twentieth century, which involved considerable alterations to the gable and pitch level, the building has lost some of its original character, yet it remains an attractive feature in the locality, notably from the canal to north-west.