57 Main Street, Moira, Craigavon, Co.Armagh, BT67 0LQ

57 Main Street is a modest two-bay two-storey end-of-terrace rendered house, built circa 1735, facing north onto Main Street in Moira. It retains its original external composition and most of its original fabric, including a pitched natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, timber sash windows, and painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling with rusticated rendered quoins. The building is square-on-plan with a double-height rubble stone outbuilding attached to the rear.

The front elevation features a tripartite timber sash window with fluted mullions to the right bay and a 6/6 timber sash window to the left bay. Below the left window is an elliptical-headed door opening with a replacement double-leaf timber panelled door and spoked timber fanlight. A painted timber fascia sits above the ground floor window. Cement verges flank the east gable, with rendered chimneysstacks at either end topped with terracotta pots. Ogee-moulded cast-iron guttering is supported on drive-through iron brackets with a cast-iron downpipe. An octagonal painted stone wheel guard is positioned at the corner of the front elevation and west gable. The east elevation is abutted by the adjoining house, number 59. The rear elevation is abutted by a lean-to structure, whilst a blank ruled-and-lined rendered west gable faces onto a rear access lane. An enclosed yard to the rear, shared with number 59, is enclosed in rubble-stone walling. Beyond the yard lies grassed wasteland that formerly constituted a large formal rear garden, now accessible from the laneway adjacent to the building.

The building was erected during Moira's early development from agricultural buildings to Georgian townhouses, a period credited to the Rawdon family who owned the Moira Demesne. A date stone inscribed with 1735 on a neighbouring building is widely accepted as marking the completion of the Georgian village. The building appears on the 1833 Ordnance Survey maps as part of the terraces lining Main Street. Early maps show large formal gardens to the rear, common in Moira at that time, but by 1858 these had disappeared. The Griffiths Valuation of 1864 notes the tenancy as a "Dispensary", likely the medical dispensary serving the adjacent Police Station. The building continued this service until recorded as vacant in 1868, when it reverted to use as a house.

The building has no surviving historic interiors, offering little indication of later improvements or remodelling. Throughout the 19th century, it passed through various tenants and underwent periods of vacancy and decline. In 1884 it was noted as vacant due to bad repair, with its valuation falling from £5 to £3. It remained vacant for approximately six years before the McKinley family took tenancy in 1893, followed by the Hendry family in 1903, though the house continued to decline in value, dropping to £2 10s and then £1 1s by 1929. John Bateman eventually took tenancy and was also the occupier of the adjoining public house. By the 1930s–1950s, the property operated as a shop and was noted as being in bad repair with the upper floor unused. The building more recently functioned as an off-licence before being restored and converted to a café in 2011. Despite the loss of its interior layout and details through successive refurbishments, the retention of its external appearance, including its decorative tripartite sash windows, contributes to its importance at the termination of the historic terrace and adds positively to the historic character of Moira. The property is located within a conservation area.