4 John Street, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, BT78 1DW

A detached three-bay two-storey Italianate former house, built c.1880, located on the east side of John Street. Rectangular on plan, facing west; modern semi-circular stairwell to east. Pitched natural slate roofs, yellow brick chimneystacks with moulded corniced caps, octagonal terracotta chimneypots, half-round cast-iron gutters on painted timber 1/1 sashes and caved bracketed eaves. Walling is smooth rendered over plinth, chamfered quoins. Segmental arch-headed painted timber windows, lugged moulded architraves with diamond-headed keyblock over bracketed sills (ground floor is square headed). Principal (west) elevation has a square-headed painted timber bolection six panelled door with brass door furniture, painted timber lintel over consol brackets, overlight, architrave with keyblock; remaining bays each have a single window. North gable has a variety of windows (all without architraves), two to second floor apex are round-headed painted timber 2/2 sashes. Rear (east) elevation is abutted by modern projecting bay (of no interest); remainder has variety of windows. South gable is abutted to ground floor by adjoining building; exposed section is detailed as north gable. Setting The former house is situated on an elevated site on John Street, with a parking lot to north and an adjoining building to south. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Rendered Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron