Survey Data
Reg No
13704011
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Shop/retail outlet
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
304803, 307494
Date Recorded
01/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Attached five-bay three-storey shop, built c. 1870, now split into two shops with offices to upper floors. Roof hidden behind parapet, red brick corbelled chimneystack, cast-iron half-round gutters to north elevation. Painted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling, applied Corinthian pilasters supporting entablature with frieze having applied panels and projecting cornice; continuous sill courses, dentils to second floor sill course. Square-headed window openings, painted timber casement windows, some painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows to second floor; pilasters flanking first floor windows, carved console brackets supporting cornices, moulded render window surrounds; pilasters flanking second floor windows with decorative brackets supporting continuous cornice with dogtooth moulding. Painted timber shopfronts, fluted pilasters, carved console brackets supporting fascia boards, windows hidden by security shutters. Fronts directly onto street.
Appraisal
Though altered at ground floor, this building remains an important example of the "Dundalk Style", a number of examples of which help form the rich and varied streetscape of Clanbrassil Street. The ornate decorative treatment of the upper floors is skillfully executed with Corinthian pilasters and the intricate brackets to the windows. Its bulky form makes an imposing landmark within the streetscape.