Survey Data
Reg No
20818031
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Almshouse
In Use As
Almshouse
Date
1775 - 1780
Coordinates
181449, 113121
Date Recorded
03/10/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, built 1777 as part of scheme of almshouses. Westernmost bay shared with neighbouring property and having blind window opening to first floor and round-headed brick niche to ground floor, latter having limestone keystone, sill and imposts. Pitched slate roof with dressed limestone eaves course, rendered chimneystacks, terracotta chimney pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered coursed limestone walls. Camber-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to first floor and basement and nine-over-six pane to ground floor, all having limestone sills and red brick block-and-start surrounds. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled door, spoked timber fanlight, brick block-and-start surround and limestone steps over area with rendered parapet walls having dressed limestone copings. Rendered boundary wall with limestone coping and cast-iron railings.
Appraisal
Kingston College was built by the Earl of Kingston for the "poor Gentlemen and Gentlewomen members of the Church of Ireland," with tenants of the estate having priority. This house shares a bay with its neighbour, the bay in question having two classically-arranged blind openings, a feature echoed in similar locations elsewhere in the group. The retention of timber sash windows and the timber panelled door, as well as its cast-iron railings, considerably enhances this building's historic character.