Survey Data
Reg No
40809034
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1860 - 1890
Coordinates
261245, 438415
Date Recorded
16/10/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Mid-terrace three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1870, with shop to ground floor. One of a group of structures along a uniform terrace (see 40809035 to 40809038). Pitched artificial slate roof with roof lights to south pitch, blue\black clay ridge tiles, cement rendered chimneystacks to gable ends, and surviving cast-iron gutter and replacement downpipe. Smooth rendered lined-and-ruled walls with raised rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners; cement rendered wall to rear (south). Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals, stone sills, and replacement windows. Rendered shopfront having fluted pilasters to either end of building having decorative moulded scrolled acanthus leaf console brackets over, and with rendered fascia board with decorative moulded stringcourse to base, and with moulded rendered cornice over; modern timber display windows on splayed rendered stall raisers. Square-headed entrance door openings with modern glazed timber doors. Road-fronted a short distance to the east of the centre of Moville.
Appraisal
This well-proportioned and substantial terraced three-storey Victorian house retains its early form and character despite some modern alterations. It forms part of a uniform terrace of buildings along Bath Terrace (see 40809035 to 40809038), which is one of the most striking architectural set-pieces in Moville. This terrace dates to the late-nineteenth century, a period when Moville became a fashionable seaside resort among the middle classes with daily steam boats arriving from Derry and Portrush during the summer months. This building forms part of a notable collection of middle class houses in Moville and environs that date to this period in the town’s history. Also of note is the well-detailed traditional shopfront with fluted pilasters with elaborate acanthus console brackets, and with fascia over having stringcourse and cornice. This shopfront is based on the classical formula of pilasters\columns supporting entablature over with the frieze acting as the fascia for the shop name, which is a feature of many traditional Irish shopfronts. Although the fittings to the openings to the shopfront have been changed, it is one of the better surviving shopfronts in the centre of Moville. This shopfront is similar to that found to its neighbour to the east (see 40809035), which helps creates visual unity along the streetscape of Moville, as well as making a contribution to the aesthetic quality of Bath Terrace.