Survey Data

Reg No

20836029


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural


Original Use

House


In Use As

House


Date

1740 - 1780


Coordinates

118369, 31118


Date Recorded

11/07/2008


Date Updated

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Description

Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c.1760. Pitched slate roof with rendered and red brick chimneystack, render coping to south-west gable and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills and one-over-one timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening having timber panelled door with limestone step.

Appraisal

The irregular facade of this building is unusual in Castletownshend, as most of the buildings in the village defer to the formal, classical tradition in their regular proportions. Located on the main street the house makes a quirky addition to the streetscape.