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Planning & Development Acts, 2000-2016 (Sections 53, 54 & 55) Proposed Additions to Record of Protected Structures

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Planning & Development Acts, 2000-2016(Sections 53, 54 & 55)

Proposed Additions to Record of Protected StructuresPublic Consultation Period (Friday 20th April, 2018 – Friday 6th July, 2018 – inclusive)

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CONTENTS

PART A: INTRODUCTION

PART B: PROPOSED ADDITIONS by GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

SECTION No. AREA1 Donegal Municipal District Area

2 Inishowen Municipal District Area

3. Glenties Municipal District Area

4. Letterkenny Municipal District Area

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PART A: INTRODUCTION

1. Importance of the Built Heritage Resource (Recognition Of)The importance of the County's built heritage resource for the County is widely recognised both within the Council and beyond.

A key aim of the County Development Plan, 2012-2018 (As Varied) is to preserve and enhance the built heritage stressing that it is as important to our cultural identity as the spoken and written word or verse. It further highlights the importance of our built heritage as an important asset in promoting economic development.

One of the 7 priority goals of the Donegal Local Economic & Community Plan 2016-2022 is to value, sustain and develop our culture and creative resources.

Key themes contained in the Council's Corporate Plan, 2015-2019 are Economic Development and job creation including tourism development, the Wild Atlantic Way and culture and heritage. This Plan notes that: 'Protecting the environment, our culture and our heritage will continue to be a key priority for the organisation.’

The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has stated that ‘notwithstanding its vulnerability Donegal has probably the greatest concentration and variety of surviving vernacular architecture anywhere in Ireland.'

2. Composition of Built HeritageThe rich and varied built heritage of the County includes piers, coastguard stations and lighthouses together with its Napoleonic-era signal towers dotted along coastline and the forts and batteries along the Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle; larger country houses and estates concentrated in the more fertile landscapes of the county; important public buildings and a legacy of religious buildings ranging from early ecclesiastical sites such as the place of pilgrimage at Lough Derg to the modern churches designed by Liam McCormick. It is becoming increasingly recognised that this heritage has a key part to play in promoting economic prosperity not only in terms of the key visitor attractions and iconic structures such as Fanad Lighthouse and Glenveagh Castle, but also by contributing to the attractiveness of the County in terms of its living and working conditions.

3. Additions to the Record of Protected StructuresThe last additions to the Record were made in 2017. This is a work programme following on from the Additions 2017. It consists of a total of 11 structures which have been proposed by either a Member of the Public or the owner of the structure, to be added to the Record of Protected Structures (RPS), over the past year.

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5. Procedures

Individual owners/occupiers have been notified directly, or where such details could not be identified, notices have been attached to the subject structure(s).As well as the hard copies of the relevant Schedules having been made available in the Council's offices and libraries, details have also been uploaded onto, and may be viewed at, the Council's website www.donegalcoco.ie Newspaper notices have been published across the County alerting the public to the project.Submission/observation may be made in writing by anyone to the undernoted at the address given below in relation to any of the structures within the period of 11 weeks from Friday 20th April, 2018 to Friday 6th July, 2018. The Council must then make a final decision on the proposed addition or otherwise within a further period of 12 weeks from the end of the said 11 week period (i.e. decision must be made by no later than Friday 28th September, 2018). These decisions will be made at Municipal District, as opposed to Plenary Council, level.

Collette Beattie,Acting Conservation Officer,Community, Enterprise and Planning Services Directorate,Donegal County Council,

20th April, 2018

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PART B: PROPOSED ADDITIONS by GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

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SECTION 1 PROPOSED DONEGAL MUNICIPAL DISTRICT

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NationalInventory of ArchitecturalHeritage(NIAH)Reference. No.

Type of Structure

Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Interest

40845021 House Brooke Hill KillybegsCo. Donegal

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, having central projecting gable-fronted breakfront/porch projection to the main elevation (south), flanked to either side by single-storey canted bay windows, and having gable-fronted half-dormer openings to front elevation. Two-storey extension to the rear (north). Now unoccupied. Pitched purple slate roof having overhanging eaves with exposed rafters, rendered chimneystacks to gable ends (east and west) having render stringcourses, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Decorative pierced timber bargeboards to dormer openings and central breakfront/porch projection with timber spear finials over gable apexes. Decorative pierced timber bargeboards to gable ends of main body of building. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course, smooth rendered eaves course and with render block-and-start quoins to the corners of main building and central projection. Smooth render stringcourse to porch projection at first floor level. Smooth rendered panels to canted bays over window openings having recessed quatrefoil motifs; smooth render panels over window openings to gabled half-dormers each having central

This well-proportioned and attractive house, of late nineteenth-century appearance, retains much of its early character and form. The canted bays and the half-dormer openings are typical features of many High Victorian and Edwardian middle class houses in Ireland, of which this is a good example. The decorative timber bargeboards to the gables and to the half-dormers are anther characteristic High Victorian motif attractive that helps create quite a picturesque composition. The extensive render decoration to the main elevation adds further interest to the main elevation. The regrettable loss of the original fittings to the openings detracts somewhat from its visual appearance but suitable modern alternatives could be reinstated. This house was the home of a James Stuart Brooke (1856 - ), a County Monaghan born medical professional who served with the British army in India for periods between c. 1883 and his retirement in 1912, where he achieved the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel. It is likely that he was the original occupant of this house given its name. Occupying attractive mature wooded grounds to the north-east of Killybegs, this building is an addition to the built heritage of the local area.

Architectural

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Type of Structure

Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Interest

recessed quatrefoil motif. Square-headed window openings to canted bays having plain render surrounds with keystone detail and having replacement window openings. Square-headed window openings in pointed-arched recesses at first floor level, paired to outer bays, having plain render surrounds and replacement window fittings. Pointed-arched door opening to central breakfront/porch projection having blocked render surround with keystone detail, replacement door and replacement overlight. Set back from road in extensive mature wooded grounds to the north-east of Killybegs town centre. Main gateway to the east of site comprising a pair of ashlar gate piers (on square-plan), gates now missing.

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Type of Structure

Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Interest

40909101 Bridge The Lough Head Bridge

KillybegsCo. Donegal

Single-arch road bridge over Bungostee River, built c. 1860. Round-headed arch having dressed stone voussoirs; squared coursed rubble stone construction to arch barrel with projecting cut stone stringcourses at arch springing point. Squared coursed rubble stone construction to spandrel and parapets. Located at the point where Bungostee River discharges into Killybegs harbour. Earlier bridge adjacent to the north (see 40909108). Bridge now superseded by modern bridge and embankment over Killybegs Harbour to the south. Located to the north-east of Killybegs.

This appealing single-arched road bridge makes a positive contribution to the picturesque landscape at the point where the Bungostee River discharges into Killybegs Harbour. It retains its early form and character. It is robustly-constructed in good quality rubble stone masonry, and its continued survival (although now superseded by a modern bridge to the south) and use stands as testament to the quality of its original construction. The high quality voussoirs to the arch and the projecting string courses to the arch barrel at the arch springing point add additional interest and are clearly the work of skilled masons. This bridge dates to the second half of the nineteenth-century and was probably built by the Grand Jury (the forerunner to the County Council) to provide better access to the important harbour at Killybegs just to the south-west. The refined stonework and form of this bridge contrasts with the more crude construction of the earlier bridge adjacent to the north (see 40909108), which this bridge was built to replace or supplement. This bridge is an integral element of the built heritage and transport history of the Killybegs area, and is an appealing feature in the local landscape.

Architectural Technical

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Type of Structure

Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Interest

40909108 Bridge The Lough Head Bridge

KillybegsCo. Donegal

Single-arch road bridge over Bungostee River, built c. 1770. Now out of use and overgrown with vegetation. Round-headed arch having roughly squared rubble stone voussoirs; rubble stone construction to arch barrel. Rubble stone construction to spandrels and parapets. Squared coursed rubble stone construction to spandrels and parapets. Located at the point where Bungostee River discharges into Killybegs harbour. Later bridge adjacent to the south (see 40909101), now superseded by modern bridge and embankment over Killybegs Harbour to the south. Located to the north-east of Killybegs.

This modest single-arch bridge retains its early form and character, and is an interesting feature in the landscape at the point where the Bungostee River discharges into Killybegs Harbour. Although long out of use, it is robustly-constructed in local rubble stone masonry, and its continued survival is testament to the quality of its original construction. This bridge was superseded by a later bridge adjacent to the south (see 40909101), which in turn has been by a modern bridge and embankment further to the south. The rather crude and utilitarian nature of this bridge contrasts with the more refined stonework found at its later neighbour to the south. This bridge originally carried the main road from Donegal Town to the important harbour at Killybegs and is probably of considerable antiquity, perhaps dating to the mid-eighteenth century or maybe even earlier (a road and bridge is indicated somewhere near this point on Moll's map of Ireland dated 1714, and on the Taylor and Skinner Map of the area from 1777 - 1783). This simple bridge is an integral element of the built heritage and transport history of the Killybegs area, and is an appealing feature in the local landscape.

ArchitecturalTechnical

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Type of Structure

Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Interest

40852041 House The MallBallyshannon

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910, having full-height canted projections to the outer bays of the main elevation (west) and with two-storey return to rear (east). Hipped natural slate roof having terracotta ridge tiles, terracotta finials over canted bays, central pair of yellow brick chimneystacks having pronounced render cornice coping over and flush stringcourses, profiled cast-iron rainwater goods, and render dentilated eaves cornice. Pitched natural slate roof to rear return having yellow brick chimneystack to the west gable end having pronounced render cornice coping over, render dentilated eaves cornice and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls over projecting plinth, and having raised render block-and-start quoins to the corners off main block and to rear return. Moulded stringcourse/cornice at first floor level. Square-headed window openings at ground floor level to main block and to rear return having architraved surrounds, stone sills and replacement window openings. Square-headed window openings to main elevation (west) and first floor level having lugged architraved surrounds, stone sills and replacement windows. Continuous sills to canted

This attractive and well-proportioned Edwardian-style house retains its early form and architectural character. The front elevation of this house is enlivened by the extensive render/stucco decoration, particularly by the architraves to the openings, the pediment to the door, the stringcourse and by the pronounced dentilated eaves cornice. The loss of the original fittings to the openings, although regrettable, fails to detract substantially for its visual appeal. This building occupies a highly appealing site overlooking the estuary of the River Erne, and is an integral element of the built heritage of the local area. The well-crafted gateway to the south adds considerably to the setting, and the streetscape to the west end of the Mall. The site of this house was in formerly in use as a 'coal yard', c. 1900 (Ordnance Survey twenty-five inch map sheet). This house was apparently built by the Swan family (local information). A J. Swan was a Harbour Commissioner for Ballyshannon in 1910 (Ulster Towns Directory), while the house has later the home of a Tom Swan, who ran a fish processing operation from the adjacent warehouse (see 40852039) c. 1940 (Begley 2009).

Architectural

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Type of Structure

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bays. Scrolled/inverted consoles to base of architraved surround to centre bay, first floor level of main façade. Central basket-arched door opening to main elevation (west) having rendered architrave surround with scrolled keystone, replacement door with glazed surrounds and overlight, and having segmental pediment over. Door accessed by flight of concrete steps flanked to either side by rendered plinth walls that curve outwards from the doorway. Set back from road in mature landscaped grounds to the west end of The Mall, and to the west of Ballyshannon. Single-storey outbuildings to the north-east having rendered walls, corrugated metal roofs, and timber fittings. Gateway to the south comprising moulded cast-iron gate posts supporting decorative wrought-iron gates. Gateway flanked to either side (east and west) by curved sections of squared rubble stone walling (brought to courses) having moulded sandstone coping over

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SECTION 2 PROPOSED INISHOWEN MUNICIPAL DISCTRICT

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NationalInventory of ArchitecturalHeritage(NIAH)Reference. No.

Type of Structure

Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Interest

Not on NIAH House MoressInch Island

The site containing original Scottish Bain house and outbuildings from circa 1604 belonged to and was occupied by the Cresswell family from 1608 till 1970

Important part of the social and architectural interest of the local area.

ArchitecturalSocial

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SECTION 3 PROPOSED GLENTIES MUNICIPAL DISTRICT

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Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Interest

40903209 Church St Mary’s ChurchDerrybeg

DerrybegCo. Donegal

Detached T-plan former Catholic church, built c.1860, with five-bay main northwest elevation with shallow chancel to centre fronted by U-plan sacristy of c.1874, and with two-bay projection to southeast side. Now in use as community hall. Pitched slate roof, with overhanging eaves, ashlar copings, stucco cross finial to northwest gable, and replacement rainwater goods. Clipped conical slate roof to sacristy, leaded to centre. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with rusticated dressed ashlar quoins, squared and snecked coursed sandstone walls to chancel, and smooth-rendered walls to sacristy. Pointed-arch window openings, with stone sills, raised rusticated granite block-and-start surrounds, and replacement timber windows. Rose window to chancel in pointed-arch surround, with quatrefoil traceried inset and with secondary glazing. Traceried window(s) to two-bay projection. Timber battened door to northeast gable, with fanlight. Pink granite ashlar square-plan piers to entrance, with plinths and pyramidal caps, and decorative cast-iron double-leaf gate

An attractive mid-nineteenth-century Catholic church in a Gothic Revival style, now used as a community centre. Composed on a traditional T-plan, it was altered and extended by Timothy Hevey in 1874, when the sacristy and gabled chancel were added, with its Gothic rose window. The composition is established by the tall pointed windows and articulated rendered surrounds. Despite the loss of some historic fabric, it remains an imposing structure.

ArchitecturalSocial

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Type of Structure

Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Interest

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40904816 House Termon House

TermonMagaryDungloe

Termon house was built by the Marquis Conyngham in the 1770s for his agent. A famine wall still surrounds the house and was built as the final public works project designed to alleviate suffering during the famine in 1847

This house is an important part of the social history of the area.

ArchitecturalSocialHistorical

40906421 House Farm house KiltoorishGlenties

Detached three-bay two-storey house on complex irregular L-shaped plan, built c.1880 and altered c.1910, comprising two-bay gable-fronted section single-bay two-storey block to west end of front elevation (southwest) with single-bay two-storey block adjacent to east having curvilinear gable over, single-bay single-storey open porch to east end of front elevation having column to southeast corner, and with parapet, single-bay single-storey flat-roofed canted bay window to southeast side elevation having moulded cornice, single-storey flat-roofed box bay window and gablet to northwest side elevation, single-bay flat-roofed box-bay oriel window to northeast elevation, two-storey return to rear (northwest), two-storey block to northeast having single-bay single-storey block attached to southeast end

This fine and well-maintained late nineteenth-century/late Victorian house retains its early form and character and is one of the better examples of its type and date surviving in this part of rural Donegal. Its complex and eclectic form with advanced bays, canted bay, open porch, render detailing, and a variety of differently shaped window openings helps to create a composition of some picturesque appeal. The deliberate asymmetry to the main elevations is a characteristic feature of many late Victorian and Edwardian middle class houses found throughout Ireland. It dates to a period when Portnoo/Narin was a popular seaside resort among the middle classes, and this is one of a number of similar middle-sized houses that survive in the environs. Of particular note is the curvilinear gable and complex open porch, which help create a

Architectural

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with half curvilinear parapet, and with single-storey block attached to rear of rear return at northeast side having open porch to southeast elevation. Possibly contains earlier fabric. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building (L-plan structure to front) having terracotta ridge tiles, some sections of cast-iron rainwater goods, and with two smooth rendered chimneystacks to centre of main body of building having cornice coping to chimneystack to east. Pitched natural slate roofs and rendered chimneystacks to rear return. Raised smooth rendered coping to gable-fronted block to west and adjacent curvilinear gabled section, and to gable-fronted ends of main body of building and return. Hipped natural slate roof to two-storey block to northeast having roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course with raised smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to corners. Mainly square-headed window openings having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Tripartite square-headed window opening to gable-fronted block to west end of front elevation at ground floor level having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, smooth rendered

distinctive composition; these features are later additions, perhaps added about 1910. This building was probably built as a relatively plain two-storey house on L-shaped plan, with the more complex details added at a slightly later date (see above). Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of salient fabric, including natural slate roof, timber sliding sash windows, timber panelled door and the variety of window openings. The simple, but attractive and intact, complex of outbuildings to the site adds to the setting and context. Some of these outbuildings may predate the house as there are structures depicted here on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map). The simple, but attractive, gate lodge to the east and the associated gateway with complex gate piers and wrought-iron gate, compete this composition, which is an integral element of the built heritage of the local area, and is an appealing feature in the scenic rural landscape to the east of Rossbeg/Ros Beag and to the west of Glenties/Na Gleannta.

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block-and-start surrounds with smooth rendered panel over with cornice, and with central segmental pediment/half roundel motif with cornice coping; paired square-headed window openings over at second floor level having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window opening to front elevation of curvilinear gabled block at ground floor level having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window, smooth rendered surround, and with moulded entablature; round-headed window over at first floor level having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window, and with smooth rendered block-and-start surround over to head. Roundel window opening to east elevation of curvilinear gabled block at first floor level having fixed-pane window and smooth rendered surround. Continuous sill course to canted bay window. Square-headed doorway to east elevation of curvilinear gabled block having rendered architrave with pedestal blocks, entablature with pulvinated frieze, and with timber door. Open porch supported by column (on round plan) to southeast corner and with moulded corbelled brackets to west and north sides adjoining main body of building; moulded cornice and

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Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Interest

rendered curvilinear parapet to porch having moulded smooth rendered coping. Set back from road in mature grounds in rural countryside to east of Rossbeg/Ros Beag and to west of Glenties/Na Gleannta. Mature trees to site and house overlooks O’Boyle’s Island/Oileán Uí Bhaoill on Kiltooris Lough. Complex of single-storey stables and outbuildings arranged around courtyard to west of house having pitched and hipped natural slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, cast-iron rooflights, roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course, and with square-headed openings with battened timber doors and half-doors, battened timber shutters, and fixed-pane timber windows. Other single and two-storey outbuildings to site with hipped and pitched natural slate roofs. Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge to west. Gateway adjacent to gate lodge to west having pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square plan) with recessed rectangular roughcast rendered panels with moulded pyramidal coping surmounted by ball finials and with wrought-iron gate. Mature gardens to site with rubble stone boundary walls.

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SECTION 4 LETTERKENNY MUNICIPAL DISTRICT

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Not on NIAH Chruch and Grave yard

Killydonnel Friary

Ramelton The Friary was founded in 1471 by the O'Donnells, ruling clan of Donegal, for the Franciscan Friars on the site of an older church, possibly 10th Century. It was completed in the early 16th Century by Calvagh O'Donnell. In 1603, with the Plantation of Ulster, the land was given to Captain Basil Brooke who closed down the Friary. It has remained a burial ground for the local community since closing.The ruins consist of a nave and chancel church with a southern transept. There are a number of buildings attached to the north. These originally had two storeys but little remains of the upper level. The lower storeys are vaulted. There are two large recesses in the east wall of the transept. The small vaulted chambers to the north of the church may have been the sacristy and has been converted for use as a vault for the remains of the last of the Stewarts of Fort Stewart.

This church and graveyard are an important part of the social history of the area.

Architectural ArchaeologicalSocial

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40808009 House/former shop

Carrickart End-of-terrace attached two-bay single-storey house and former shop with dormer attic level, built c. 1890, having shopfront, two gable-fronted dormer windows to the front elevation (north-west) and with later single-storey extension to the rear (south-east). One of a pair of structures with building adjoining to the north-east (see 40808010). Pitched natural slate roof with overhanging eaves having exposed rafter ends, terracotta ridge tiles, raised smooth rendered coping to the south-west gable end having rendered kneeler stone detailing at eaves level, two yellow brick chimneystacks with rendered cornice coping over, and with some surviving cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Decorative curvilinear timber bargeboards to dormer openings, decorative timber fretwork to gable apex of dormer opening to the north-east. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings to dormers having paired one-over-one timber sliding sash windows with central timber mullion to opening to the north-east end and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window with margin glazing bars to opening to the south-west. Square-

This charming house and former shop, dating to the last decades of the nineteenth century, retains its early form and character. Its visual expression and integrity is enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the timber sliding sash windows to the dormers, natural slate roof, and the shopfront. Decorative interest is added by the detailing to the dormer openings and the well-detailed shopfront. This building is one of the best surviving structures in Carrickart dating to the period when the town was redeveloped by the Fourth Earl of Leitrim of nearby Mulroy House (see 40901712) in the 1880s, a process continued by his widow and estate successor following his death in 1892. These structures were built to a common style with single-storey with dormer attic level front elevations and uniform two-storey structures. Many still survive but having been altered and changed incrementally over time eroding their integrity. Of particular interest is the survival of the attractive shopfront. This is based on a simplification of the classical formula of pilasters supporting entablature over with the frieze adding as the fascia for the shop\proprietor's name, a feature of many traditional Irish shopfronts. Traditional shopfronts of this type are a fast disappearing feature of the

Architectural

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headed window openings to shopfront having fixed-pane display windows with decorative metal grilles over. Central square-headed doorway to shopfront having glazed timber door with plain overlight. Shopfront comprising render or timber pilasters with fluted console brackets over surmounted by pedimented finials to either end, and with moulded render fascia over openings having cornice above. Set slightly back from road with pathway and forecourt to the front (north-west). Located to the south-west end of Carrickart with laneway adjacent to the south-west having access to rear.

streetscapes of Irish towns and villages, making this example in Carrickart and increasingly rare survival of its type. The metal ventilation grilles over the fixed-pane display windows to the shopfront suggests that it may have been originally\formerly a butcher's shop, as these are a feature of such premises. This building forms a pair of related structures with its neighbour (see 40808010) to the north-east, acting as an historical reminder of the redevelopment of the town by the Clement family\Earls of Leitrim, and is an integral element of the built heritage of Carrickart.

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40808010 House Carrickart, County Donegal

Mid-terrace attached two-bay single-storey house with dormer attic level, built c. 1890, having two gable-fronted dormer windows to the front elevation (north-west) and with later two-storey extension to the rear (south-east). One of a pair of structures with building adjoining to the south-west (see 40808009). Pitched natural slate roof with overhanging eaves having exposed rafter ends, terracotta ridge tiles, yellow brick chimneystacks with rendered cornice coping over to the north-east end, and with some surviving cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Decorative curvilinear timber bargeboards to dormer openings. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings to dormers having painted sills and with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with margin glazing bars. Square-headed window opening at ground floor level having paired six-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with continuous painted stone sill. Square-headed doorway to the south-west end of the front elevation having battened timber door with plain overlight. Set slightly back from road with pathway and forecourt to the front (north-west).

This charming small-scale terraced house, dating to the last decades of the nineteenth century, retains its early form and character. Its visual expression and integrity is enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the timber sliding sash windows and natural slate roof. Subdued decorative interest is added by the detailing to the dormer openings. This building is one of the best surviving structures in Carrickart dating to the period when the town was redeveloped by the Fourth Earl of Leitrim of nearby Mulroy House (see 40901712) in the 1880s, a process continued by his widow and estate successor following his death in 1892. These structures were built to a common style with single-storey with dormer attic level front elevations and uniform two-storey structures. Many still survive but having been altered and changed incrementally over time eroding their integrity, making this a rare surviving relatively intact example. This building forms a pair of related structures with its neighbour (see 40808009) to the south-west, acting as an historical reminder of the redevelopment of the town by the Clement family\Earls of Leitrim, and is an integral element of the built heritage of Carrickart.

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Located to the south-west end of Carrickart.