Survey Data
Reg No
20863152
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
169633, 72382
Date Recorded
16/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey house, built c.1830. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with projecting rendered eaves course. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and one-over-one timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening in slightly projecting moulded render surround with Doric columns supporting spider web fanlight with moulded timber archivolt, panelled soffit and reveals, seven-panelled timber door with two glazed panels recently inserted, and limestone threshold. House set at a height and approached by a flight of limestone steps from a private road. Bounded by render wall surmounted by wrought-iron railings with cast-iron gate piers holding wrought-iron pedestrian gate with spear finials, original wrought-iron railings at road level. The terrace is located on a height overlooking the Cork-Youghal railway line.
Appraisal
Set on a height overlooking the River Lee, access to these houses was radically altered when the Cork to Youghal railway line opened, not long after the terrace was constructed. It forms part of a terrace of large houses, which together with the terraces to the east, are unusually grand in scale for the Glanmire Road. This building retains its original proportions and many noteworthy features, including the fine doorcase and timber sliding sash windows.