Survey Data
Reg No
50110133
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
315500, 232573
Date Recorded
22/03/2018
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1800, as pair with house to north, having return to rear (east) elevation. Pitched slate roof, concealed behind brick parapet having cut granite coping, brick chimneystacks with clay pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick, laid in Flemish bond to walls, over masonry plinth course; rendered to basement. Square-headed window openings with rendered reveals, masonry sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed doorway with rendered reveals, timber doorcase comprising panelled pilasters and cornice, plain fanlight and glazed timber panelled door. Granite steps with remains of cast-iron bootscrape to platform. Cast-iron railings with pointed finials, set on brick plinth wall with masonry capping.
Appraisal
The form of this house, with its double-fronted design having a centrally placed doorcase and regular fenestration, is typical of late Georgian architecture. The simple cast-iron railings enclosing the basement area lend subtle decorative interest to the composition. It is one of a small group of buildings dating to the earliest phase of development in Portobello, coinciding with the construction of the Grand Canal harbour in 1801.