Longstone and Barber Shop, 88 Main Street, Moira, Craigavon, County Down, BT67 0LH

Longstone and Barber Shop is a two-storey mid-terrace townhouse with an attic, comprising three bays and dating from the mid-18th century. It is located on the north side of Main Street in the centre of Moira, County Down.

The building has a rectangular plan form with a rear return. The roof is pitched with natural slate and clay ridge tiles. Red-brick chimneys without pots are present. Smooth rendered walling sits above a projected plinth. The principal south-east facing elevation is asymmetrically arranged, with the front door positioned right of centre. A single window stands to its right, two windows to the left, and a square-headed carriage way to the far left. The windows are 2/2 timber sliding sash with vertical glazing bars—box sash to the first floor—featuring moulded surrounds with roundels and rectangular masonry cills. The door is a replacement six-panelled timber design with brass ironmongery, fixed rectangular over-light, and flanked by moulded architraves rising to a moulded console supporting a moulded canopy. The first floor comprises three uniformly arranged windows. The building displays non-illuminated fascia and side-hung projected signage. The mouldings to windows and door surrounds are possibly Victorian additions, though the general style and proportion remain largely Georgian.

Gutters are replacement uPVC ogee moulded with cast-iron circular downpipes. The left gable is abutted by 86 Main Street. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged with two first floor windows on the right-hand side and is abutted by a subservient two-storey roughcast-rendered return with a single ground and first floor window opening to the right cheek. A ground floor central single-storey flat-roofed extension exists at the re-entrant with the two-storey return. Further abutting the gable end of the two-storey return is a three-storey partially rendered random rubble outbuilding with various segmental and square-headed openings. The right gable is abutted by 90 Main Street.

The interior has undergone significant alteration, resulting in the loss of much historic fabric. The building now functions as commercial premises.

The building forms part of the overall two-storey Georgian terraces which largely comprise the lower part of the town. A neighbouring house bears a datestone of 1735. The current terrace may date from the early 18th century. The Rawdon family is credited with developing the town from mud and clay dwellings to stone and brick buildings in the mid-18th century. By 1744, when visited by Harris, Moira was described as "a well laid out and thriving village consisting of one broad street inhabited by many traders, many of whom carry on linen manufacture to good advantage." A building is shown on the site on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1833. By 1837, Lewis's survey noted that linen manufacture had declined, though the town was "well built, and remarkably clean" and consisted "of one long spacious street." Fairs took place on the first Thursday of February, May, August and November for cattle, pigs, agricultural produce and pedlery. No significant changes are shown on subsequent Ordnance Survey editions. The building could not be identified in Griffith's Valuation or early twentieth-century census records.

Although the building makes a positive contribution to the street, it is not considered of special interest and does not meet the criteria for listing.