48 Canal Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

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

Pitched artificial slate roof with corbelled masonry eaves course, semicircular metal rainwater goods (flow into adjacent property); and no chimney.

East elevation is painted lined render. Right bay is double width of left. Main entrance is to ground floor left and consists of a six panelled modern stained timber door with single paned plain glazed over-light. All windows to facade are painted timber 2/2 (vertically divided) sliding sashes with painted granite cills. There are two to ground floor right and three equally spaced to each upper floor. All are in line with ground floor openings and those to second floor are diminished in height. Left (no.46) and right (no. 50) gables form party walls with adjacent properties.

Rear (west )elevation is cement rendered with a two storey return to right. To ground floor left is a single, floor to ceiling modern painted timber window. Above to first floor is a similar window. To second floor, set to right of windows below, over extension roof is a small modern fixed painted timber window with top-hung transom. Extension has a flat felted roof and cement rendered walls. It is abutted to rear by a second similar single storey extension. All its windows are modern painted timber and rear door is to second extension, all of no interest.

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.