Survey Data
Reg No
50020432
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
Building misc
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
316593, 233944
Date Recorded
18/03/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c.1830, now in use as part of college. M-profile pitched slate roof concealed behind ashlar granite parapet, with red brick chimneystack having clay pots. Yellow brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls, with rusticated granite quoins, channelled render to ground floor, masonry plinth course over smooth rendered wall to basement. Square-headed window openings having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, raised render reveals and granite sills, continuous granite sill course to first floor windows. Round-headed door opening with moulded masonry surround, doorcase comprising panelled render pilasters having fluted console brackets to entablature, and timber panelled door with plain fanlight. Granite step, cast-iron railings on carved granite plinth wall, having some render repairs, to basement well. Street fronted to north end of Westland Row.
Appraisal
This building's soft brown brick upper walls form a pleasing contrast with the strong rustication of the ground floor. Cast-iron railings are well executed, attesting to the artisanship involved in the production of cast-ironware at the time, and enhancing the character of both the building and streetscape. Built originally as domestic residences, the houses on this street were soon adapted to include commercial businesses. This house was occupied by Joseph Doyle, veterinary surgeon to the Lord Lieutenant, in the mid-nineteenth century. Westland Row was opened in 1773, and widened in 1792. It retains a number of late Georgian and early Victorian houses, creating an interesting and varied historic streetscape.