Survey Data
Reg No
20503193
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Office
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
166967, 71727
Date Recorded
10/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-storey premises, c. 1830; having retail outlet to ground floor with office accommodation to upper floors. Parapet having moulded cornice and plain coping. Central area of parapet is cut away and railed. Red brick façade in Flemish bond with brick pilasters and frieze. Square headed openings to upper floors with soldier arches and cills. Wyatt windows to upper floors with timber sliding sash two over two pane and six over six pane to second floor, two over two pane and six over nine pane to first floor. Timber shopfront retaining many original elements. Moulded cornice, panelled plasters having moulding and festoons, full size display windows with entrance door having plain overlight. Rear elevation in random limestone with brick swept arches to camber openings. Mix of timber sliding sash, timber casement and timber fixed windows. Some openings partially bricked up. Ground floor openings altered with window grilles. Triangular island site with street frontage.
Appraisal
Fine example of a nineteenth century commercial building on a very distinctive triangular site. Retaining much original material, as well as its scale and form generally unaltered. Contributes positively to the street in terms of character and function. Important also due to its location on one of the main commercial streets of Cork city.