boyle local area plan 2012 - 2018 - Roscommon County Council

PART II: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR 2012 – 2018 & BEYOND Chapter 6: Built & Natural Heritage
which was possibly once two buildings whose opes have been altered; it has ruled and
lined render and an overly dominant shopfront. It is followed by a pair of two threebay
three-storey buildings, one with a concrete effect ground floor treatment, now
looking rather tired, and stainless steel framing to a shopfront window, the other with
sash windows on the first floor and an old timber pubfront but with the render
removed from the ground floor. A single-bay later infill building with attractive
mosaic shopfront joins these to another group of four three-bay three-storey
buildings; these have slated roofs, rendered facades and the Abbey Bar has a good
shopfront treatment. The building line breaks and is followed by a mixed terrace of
two and three-storey buildings, of very modest character, which includes one former
and two current shopfronts.
Some of the groups of buildings which line the north side of Patrick Street.
Next there is a gap where a couple of buildings were demolished for the entrance to
the car park but a very attractive two-bay vernacular building remains with detailing
to the quoins and to the shopfront and a slated roof, all of which renders it full of
character and a real asset to the streetscape. The last terrace on this side of the street is
composed of six buildings, three in use as a pub and three as dwellings; some good
raised and fielded five-panelled doors enliven the group. Although this terrace is very
modest it has been included in the ACA because of its scenographic value - it follows
the curve of the street and is important in views both from the west and from the east
as one moves along the street. Patrick Street continues curving westward, lined with
many buildings of interest but the character changes at this point into more vernacular
edge-of-town and therefore the ACA has been halted at the last terrace described.
A deceptively plain vernacular building,
which on closer inspection reveals
decorative details to the render and
shopfront.
The westernmost terrace of the ACA on the
north side of Patrick Street hugs the curve of
the street and is important in vistas from both
directions and as a bookend to the ACA.
The north side of Patrick Street continues the three-storey form of the centre of Boyle with
classically-shaped opes and painted rendered elevations.
Some good shopfronts on the north side of Patrick Street although the rough stonework of
Lavin’s should be re-rendered and the mosaic shopfront could be given individual letters
for a name.
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