Survey Data
Reg No
30325016
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Store/warehouse
Date
1825 - 1830
Coordinates
65321, 250333
Date Recorded
15/07/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Attached five-bay four-storey former warehouse, built 1829, now derelict, having gablet to middle bay of front elevation and carriage arch attached to north-east end. Exposed rubble limestone walls, rendered to south-west gable, and having roughly dressed quoins. Square-headed window openings with stone lintels to end bays and voussoirs to middle bay. Square-headed opening to entrance in middle bay, with stone voussoirs. Rubble limestone enclosing wall adjoining to north-east with camber carriage arch. Located on quayside.
Appraisal
This large warehouse was built to complement the high level of trade that was passing through Clifden harbour. However due to the shallowness of the channel and the coming of the railway this route for commerce went into decline. This quayside structure, though roofless, attests to the period when Clifden's main trading economy was serviced by boat and is an integral part of the harbourside of Clifden.