Survey Data
Reg No
20863153
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
169639, 72381
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 having Doric columns supporting spider web fanlight with moulded timber archivolt, panelled soffit and reveals, six-panelled timber door with 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 replacement wrought-iron railings, original wrought-iron railings having acorn finials at road level, wrought-iron pedestrian gate at cast-iron gate piers. 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.