boyle local area plan 2012 - 2018 - Roscommon County Council

PART II: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR 2012 – 2018 & BEYOND Chapter 6: Built & Natural Heritage
These buildings above and below exhibit a common problem – though they are of good
quality they now look rather shabby and would be improved through repainting and the
tidying up of their fascias – removing the half-fascia on the left above, on the south side of
Main Street, and at the least painting the fascia on the right above, on the west side of
Green Street, and removing the redundant betting sign. The neighbouring buildings also on
Green street would benefit from repainting at this stage.
bottom of doors and bursting of the stucco architraves, and this combined with
missing slates and slipped slates on the rear slope of the roof is undoubtedly causing
interior damage too. The rainwater goods need to be cleaned and repaired, the roof
and chimneys repaired, other points of water ingress identified and mended, the
façade allowed to dry out and then it be repainted and the shopfront panels tightened
up. In time the plastic panels of the shopfront could be replaced with vitrolite panels
or a black glass equivalent, in keeping with its character. This building could be a
good candidate to apply for a conservation grant.
Also on Main Street, Cuirt an Ri’s rebuilt facade is totally out of character and should
be re-faced with a three-storey three-bay façade with opes like those in its neighbour
to the east.
Bridge Street, south of river, east side and Patrick Street, north side. Because of the key
locations of these two buildings at junctions in the ACA improvements would have a
hugely positive impact.
Key Buildings:
On Main Street – Mullaneys is a very fine building but water ingress through blocked
gutters where rain is not being thrown away from the façade has started to cause
serious deterioration including a lot of backsplash on the pavement, decay of the
On Green Street - The high stone wall which bounds the Credit Union building is
covered with ivy which is starting to cause damage to the wall. A programme of ivy
killing should be initiated, it be allowed to die back, removed when dead, the wall
examined and any necessary repairs effected using a weak lime mortar.
On Patrick Street - Cosgrove’s is the main detractor from the appearance of the ACA
here and again it is a good building with many original features nevertheless water
ingress has caused discoloration of the facade. The solution is the same as above- an
investigation of where the water is coming from, carrying out repairs, letting it dry
out and then repainting.
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