11-13 Margaret Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Three storey building set in a terrace, on the north side of Margaret Street.

Roof is pitched with modern tiles and plastic rainwater goods and single rendered chimneys to left and right gables with two moulded clay pots per chimney.

At ground floor is a large modern shopfront, with windows and doors in blue powder coated aluminium set within panels of polished granite with signage etched and gilded into fascia. Upper floor wall is rendered and decorated with banded rustication, with a moulded cill course to second floor and a moulded eaves course. Below cill course at second floor cill are embossed letters in bold Victorian type stating; ‘White Cross Hotel’ (E of hotel now missing). There are three windows to each floor. Those to first floor rest on the shop fascia. Those to second floor are diminished in height. All windows are modern 1/1 uPVC, with chamfered reveals and hood moulds, first floor hood moulds link together to form a stringcourse. Rear no access gained.

Historical information

Shown on 1835 OS map and described in 1838 valuation as two houses. Shown as “White Cross Hotel” on 1861 OS map. Continues in this function to at least 1930.

Primary Sources:
1.OS map 1835 edition PRONI -OS 9/15/1/1
2.Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI -VAL 1B/ 389, p.48;
3. OS map 1861 edition OS 9/15/2/12 (1861 map);
3. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI -VAL 2B/3/69G, p.39 (1863 valuation book);
4. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI -VAL 12B/22/16C, p.15 (1930 valuation book).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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Criteria for listing: historic interest

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Evaluation

Three storey building set in a terrace. Pleasant building with historical associations but now much altered.