46 Canal Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Left unit of a terrace of three similar three storey two bay houses on the west side of Canal Street.

Pitched natural slate roof has corbelled masonry eaves and slated abutment to no.44. No chimney. Semicircular metal rainwater goods with downpipe to left.

East elevation is painted lined render. Right bay is double the size left. Main entrance is to ground floor left; consists of a single granite step to a painted four panelled (bolection moulded and fielded) door with beaded muntin, with two paned glazed over-light. On wall to right of door is a bootscraper niche. All windows to facade are 2/2 painted timber sliding sashes with horns and painted granite cills. There are two to ground floor right, and three to each upper floor. Those to first and second floors are equally spaced, in line with ground floor openings; and those to second floor are diminished in height. Left (no.44) and right (no. 48) gables form party walls with adjacent properties.

Rear (West) elevation was inspected from a distance. It is cement rendered with a two-storey extension to left. Ground and first floors were not inspected. Between first and second floors to right is a modern 1/1 top-hung painted timber window with granite cill. To second floor left (over extension) is a modern single paned painted timber casement window. Extension was not inspected to ground floor, has a flat felted roof, cement rendered walls and a two modern painted timber windows on rear wall.

Historical information

Four houses are shown here on the 1835 OS map, but these had been cleared by 1861. The present terrace of three houses is first noted in the 1874 valuation revision book. They were vacant at that time (implying newly built), and first occupied the following year.

Sources:

1. PRONI – VAL 1D/3/8E (1835 map);
2. OS 6" map (1861) Co Down Sheet 46 (PRONI – OS 9/15/2/7);
3. VAL 12B/15/1C, p.257.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A pleasant terrace house with most original features but not of sufficient quality to warrant special protection