SECTION 1b. PROPOSED DONEGAL TOWN ADDITIONS The following schedule lists the reference number, name, type and location of each proposed addition located in Donegal Town, together with the page number on which a more detailed schedule can be viewed. RPS ref Name of Structure Building type Location Page Number 40843001 Revlin House House Revlin, Donegal Town 84 40843006 Donegal Town Masonic Lodge Masonic Lodge/ Hall 1 Waterloo Place, New Row, 86 Donegal Town 40843012 The Scotsman Public House Bridge Street, Donegal Town 88 40843013 No name Outbuilding Bridge Street, The Diamond, 89 Donegal Town 40843014 Hamiltons Yard Store/ warehouse The Diamond, Donegal Town 90 40843015 No name Shop/ retail outlet The Diamond, Donegal Town 92 40843016 Four Masters Memorial Monument The Diamond, Donegal Town 93 40843018 Simple Simon's Shop/ retail outlet The Diamond, Donegal Town 94 40843019 The Shoe Box Shop/ retail outlet The Diamond, Donegal Town 95 40843022 William Britton and Sons Jewllers Shop/ retail outlet Lower Main Street, Donegal 96 Town 40843024 F. Gallagher & Co. Solicitors House and office Lower Main Street, 97 Donegal Town 40843028 No name Post Box Upper Main Street, Donegal 98 Town 40843029 Church of the Four Masters Church/ chapel Upper Main Street, Donegal 99 Town 81 40843030 Milestone Milestone/ milepost Upper Main Street, 102 Donegal Town 40843033 Drumlonagher Mill Former Mill (water) Ballybofey Road, 103 Donegal Town 40843034 Bridge Bridge Ardeskin, 105 Donegal Town 40843035 Gates/ railings Gates/ railings/ walls Glebe (Donegal), Donegal 106 Town 40843036 Donegal Town Cemetery Graveyard/ Cemetery The Glebe, Donegal Town 107 40843039 No name House 3 Eske Terrace, Castle Street, 108 Donegal Town 40843040 No name House 3 Eske Terrace, Castle Street, 109 Donegal Town 40843043 No name House Tirchonaill Street, Mullans, 110 Donegal Town 40843044 The Old Station House Museum/ gallery Tirchonail Street, Milltown, 111 Donegal Town 40843047 No name House Tirchonaill Street, Mullans, 113 Donegal Town 40843048 House House Tirchonaill Street, Mullans, 115 Donegal Town 40843049 House House Tirchonaill Street, Mullans, 117 Donegal Town 40909316 Duncan's Bridge House House Killybegs Road, 119 Drumark, Donegal Town 82 40909317 No name House Drumark Hill, Drumstevlin, 120 Donegal Town 40909320 Ballydevitt National School Fomer school Ballydevitt, Co. Donegal 121 40909946 Magherabeg House House Lurganboy, Co. Donegal 122 40909947 St Ernans House House Muckros, Co. Donegal 124 83 Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Number Structure Interest 40843001 House Revlin House REVLIN Detached three-bay two-storey house This well-proportioned house, of late- Architectural HOUSE, with attic level built c. 1870 and altered nineteenth century appearance, retains REVLIN, c. 1920, having two-storey flat-roofed much of its early architectural character COUNTY return (c. 1950), and single storey lean- and form despite some additions and DONEGAL to extensions to the rear (north-east). alterations. Its visual expression is Possibly later in use as a Church of enhanced by the retention of salient Ireland rectory, c. 1880. Pitched fabric such as the timber sash windows. artificial slate roof (fibre-cement) with The doorway maybe a slightly later smooth rendered chimneystacks to alteration, perhaps dating to the first gable ends (north-west and south-east) decades of the twentieth century. This and with modern rooflights to front was possibly the home of Revd. Samuel pitch of roof (south-west). Smooth Craig in 1881, rector at Lough Eske cement rendered walls over recessed Church of Ireland church (see 40909402). cement rendered plinth course. This house, occupying an attractive Square-headed window openings with mature site overlooking where the River six-over-six pane horned timber sliding Eske flows into Donegal Bay, makes a sash windows; long narrow modern positive contribution to the landscape to windows to gable ends at attic level, the south-west of Donegal Town. The and to the south-east gable end at converted outbuilding and the simple ground floor level. Central shallow wrought-iron gates to the entrance segmental-headed doorway to the complete the setting of this house, which main elevation (south-west) having is a modest addition to the built heritage timber panelled door flanked by of the local area. replacement timber-framed sidelights and surmounted by timber-framed multi-paned overlight. Set back from road in mature grounds in the rural countryside to the south-west of Donegal Town. Gardens to front and rear of site. House located on an elevated site overlooking Donegal Bay to the south and south-west. Detached two-storey former outbuilding to the north-west (now converted to a new use) having pitched slate roof, roughcast rendered walls, and square- headed openings with modern timber sash windows and timber battened half 84 Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Number Structure Interest door. Main gateway to site to the south-west comprising a pair of rendered gate piers supporting wrought-iron gates. 85 Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Number Structure Interest Masonic Donegal Town 1 Waterloo Detached corner-sited gable-fronted Despite some alterations, this simple late Architectural 40843006 Lodge Masonic Place, New three-bay two-storey Masonic lodge, nineteenth-century Masonic lodge HISTORICAL Lodge Row, Donegal built c. 1880 and altered c. 1911, retains its early form and much of its Social Town having single-storey lean-to addition early character. The gable-fronted form attached to the rear (north). Pitched is unusual in this part of the Donegal artificial slate roof (reroofed c. 2000) town, adding interest to the streetscape. having rendered chimneystack to the Of particular interest is the fine carved east side. Roughcast rendered walls sandstone plaque with Masonic square with render strips to the corners, plain and compass motifs over the main render stringcourses, and having doorway, which adds an artistic element render Tudoresque fake timber framed to this otherwise plain building. The detailing to the front elevation (south). simple Tudoresque fake timber framed Square headed window openings with detailing adds further interest to the rendered surrounds, cut stone sills and main elevation (south). This detailing was replacement windows. Modern grills to probably added as part of 'extensive windows, some openings to the east additions and alterations' (IAA) that were elevation now infilled. Central square carried out here in 1911 to designs by headed doorway to the main elevation Francis Gerald Townsend (c. 1875 - (south) having recessed timber 1942/3), an engineer born at Enniskillen panelled door with overlight, plain who lived at nearby Ballyshannon from rendered surround and having round- 1905 to 1916. This building is of social headed carved sandstone and historical interest due to its datestone/plaque over with raised association with the Masons, and it is Masonic square and compass motif to one of a number of buildings of this type the centre and with incised lettering still extant in County Donegal, indicating around edges of plaque. Cut stone that Freemasonry was relatively popular steps to entrance. Road-fronted to the in the county. This lodge (Lodge No. 588 north of Donegal Town centre. on a worldwide list) is also known as the Donegal Ancient Lodge and it was originally granted a warrant in 1781 (at the same time as the lodge on Inch Island, Inishowen). It replaced an earlier lodge or lodges in Donegal town (location unknown), and the present building is built on the site of - and possibly incorporates the fabric of - an earlier Methodist chapel to site (Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map 1837). A 86 John W. Hunter was secretary here at this lodge on Waterloo Place in 1894 (Slater's Directory). This building, which is still in its original use, is an interesting element of the streetscape of Donegal Town and represents a modest addition to the built heritage of the local area. 87 Reference Type of Photo Name Location Description Appraisal Special Number Structure Interest 40843012 Public The Scotsman Bridge Street, Terraced three-bay two-storey with This modest mid-terrace building, of mid- Architectural House Donegal Town dormer attic public house, built c. to-late nineteenth-century appearance, Social 1860, having integral carriage-arch to retains some of its early character and its the south-east end of the main early form despite some alterations at elevation (north-east) and two-storey ground floor level. It represents the best return to rear (south-west). One of a surviving example along a terrace of terrace of five buildings long Bridge buildings that have been altered with the Street. Pitched natural slate roof with loss of much of their architectural projecting eaves course and having integrity. The carriage-arch gives this rendered chimneystacks to either end building a strong presence along Bridge (north-west and south-east). Some Street and was built to provide access to remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. the rear of this property and to the other Two gable-fronted dormer openings to structures along this terrace. This simple front pitch of roof (north-east) having building makes a positive contribution to timber bargeboards and one-over-one the streetscape to the north-west of pane timber sliding sash windows. Donegal Town centre, and is a modest Ruled-and-lined smooth rendered to addition to the built heritage of the local walls. Square-headed window openings area. at first floor level having stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window opening to the north-west end of main elevation (north-east) at ground floor level having fixed-pane display window with canted corner to the south-east end. Recessed square-headed doorway to shop/pubfront having replacement timber door and plain overlight. Square-headed doorway giving access to upper floors adjacent to the south- east having replacement timber door and plain overlight.