Survey Data
Reg No
12314052
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1865 - 1885
Coordinates
241441, 143823
Date Recorded
15/06/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey house, c.1875, on a corner site possibly incorporating fabric of earlier house, c.1800, on site with three-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bay to ground floor having box bay window to centre, and two-bay three-storey side (south) elevation having shopfront to ground floor. Extensively renovated. Hipped and pitched artificial slate roof reconstructed originally behind parapet (parapet removed) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, and iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Flat roof to projecting bay not visible. Painted rendered walls with rendered panelled channelled piers to corners, stringcourse to each floor, and iron balustrade to projecting bay on rendered plinth having panelled posts. Square-headed window openings (including to box bay window) with rendered sills, moulded rendered surrounds having keystones to first floor, and replacement uPVC casement windows retaining timber casement windows to first floor having one-over-one timber sash windows to first floor side (south) elevation. Rendered shopfront to ground floor side (south) elevation with half-fluted pilasters, square-headed openings remodelled having fixed-pane display window, glazed timber panelled door having overlight, fascia over having decorative consoles, and moulded cornice. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
Appraisal
Occupying an important corner site in an area in the centre of Callan commonly known as The Square a middle-size house forms an important element of the street scene. Originally incorporating a robust Classical theme a series of renovation projects have involved the loss of much of the finer detailing to the detriment of some of the character of the site. Therefore the retention of elements of the historic fabric including the remains of a finely-detailed shopfront of artistic interest maintains some of the integrity of the site while enhancing the visual appeal of the house in the streetscape.