94 Main Street, Carnalbanagh West, Moira, Craigavon, County Down, BT67 0LH

94 Main Street, Carnalbanagh West, Moira, County Down

A two-storey single-bay end-terrace Georgian townhouse erected between 1760 and 1779, now in commercial use as a shop. The building has a square plan form with a single-storey abutment to the rear.

The principal elevation faces southeast and is asymmetrically arranged, with a single ground floor window to the right and the front door to the left, whilst a single first floor window sits left of centre. The left gable is abutted by the adjoining building. The exterior retains some historic fabric and character. The roof is pitched with natural slate and clay ridge tiles; the chimney is cement rendered. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods are fixed to a projected corbel course. The walling is ruled-and-lined render painted white, with a projected smooth rendered plinth painted red. The 2/2 timber sliding box sash windows have horizontal glazing bars and horns with stone cills. The original front door has been replaced with a timber door. Non-illuminated modern signage is located between ground and first floor level. The rear elevation is rubble masonry with red brick surrounds and is asymmetrically arranged. A single-storey lean-to extension abuts the ground floor; this has undergone further modern alteration to the left and is of little interest. A single first floor window sits to the left; a margin-paned window with coloured glass sits at landing level to the right, both behind plain wrought-iron grilles. The right gable is blank with a chimney at the apex.

The interior layout remains generally apparent, though it has undergone extensive alteration resulting in the loss of most original features.

The building forms part of the Georgian terraces that largely comprise the lower part of Moira's town centre. The neighbouring house bears a datestone of 1735. The terrace may date from the early eighteenth century, with the Rawdon family credited with developing the town from mud and clay dwellings to stone and brick buildings in the mid-eighteenth century. Harris recorded in 1744 that Moira was "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." By 1837, Lewis's survey noted that linen manufacture had declined, though the town remained "well built, and remarkably clean" and was the property of Sir R Bateson Bart., consisting of "one long spacious street." A building has been shown on this site since the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1833. No significant changes appear on subsequent maps.

A rear yard serves several neighbouring properties and is largely infilled with single-storey masonry outbuildings of no significant interest, accessed via a modern roller shutter.

The building lies within a conservation area and is recorded as being of record only. Whilst it makes a contribution to the eighteenth century terrace, it is not considered of special architectural or historical interest and does not meet the criteria for listing.