Survey Data
Reg No
21835008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
138160, 121250
Date Recorded
01/07/2009
Date Updated
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Description
End-of terrace six-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1840, having recent shopfront to front (south) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, corbelled timber clad eaves and uPVC rainwater goods with cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls with render platbands. Square-headed window openings with render sills to front (south) elevation, having moulded render surrounds to first floor. Replacement timber casement windows throughout. Square-headed door opening to front elevation, having replacement timber panelled door with brass fittings surmounted by single-pane overlight. Recent timber shopfront to front elevation with panelled pilasters, architrave, frieze and cornice, over rendered wall, having rendered platbands and moulded rendered plinth blocks. Decorative render mouldings flanking door and window openings. Shouldered square-headed window openings having fixed bipartite and tripartite timber-framed single-pane display windows over rendered stall risers. Square-headed door opening with double-leaf timber panelled doors surmounted by overlight giving access to internal porch.
Appraisal
Displaying numerous artistic details including decorative render platbands, moulded window surrounds and a corbelled eaves course, this building is distinguished from its neighbours. A timber shopfront is greatly enhanced by the retention of contrasting render pilasters and details including moulded plinth blocks and unusual render motifs. The building is also associated with an historic incident, which took place during the 1920s during the War of Independence, when an RIC Constabulary officer was shot dead outside the building with the bullet passing through the cast-iron down pipe, the bullet remains lodged within the walls to this day. The building makes a strong and positive contribution to the visual appeal of the surrounding streetscape.