Survey Data
Reg No
50120149
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
Historical Use
Apartment/flat (converted)
In Use As
House
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
318232, 236452
Date Recorded
24/11/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1900 as one of twelve, having return to rear (southeast) elevation. M-profile pitched artificial slate roof, having red brick chimneystacks with clay pots to southwest party wall, moulded white brick eaves course, and with pitched roof to return. Red brick walling, laid in Flemish bond, to front elevation on granite plinth course over rusticated granite basement walling, and rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings with granite sills and replacement one-over-one timber sash windows, having red brick surround to basement window. Segmental-headed entrance opening to deeply recessed porch, having red brick surround incorporating porch to north and having moulded brick pilasters with stop-chamfer detail to arrises, and moulded brick cornice. Square-headed doorway to inner opening, with moulded masonry surround, glazed transom and overlights, half-glazed timber panelled door and sidelights with replacement stained glass. Porch has decorative plaster cornice to ceiling and terracotta tiles to floor. Entrance approached by shared flight of eleven nosed granite steps with half-landing, having decorative cast-iron railings to one side on cut granite plinth wall. Plain cast-iron railings to approach. Garden to front, bounded to street by decorative cast-iron railings and gate set to cast-iron posts on cut granite plinth wall, with granite step to footpath.
Appraisal
This house is part of a terrace that presents an imposing façade to the streetscape, enhanced by the raised basement and rusticated stonework that give added visual weight. Moulded brick details enrich the façade and draw focus to the deeply recessed porch that is enhanced with reproduction stained glass. By sharing the form, fabric and detailing of the terrace and of a further pair to the south, the building contributes to the architectural cohesiveness of the streetscape. It is typical of contemporary well-designed suburban residential housing built around Dublin at the beginning of the twentieth century. The suburban areas north of the city centre were slower to develop than their southern counterparts, with areas such as Clontarf only becoming popular for middle-class residential areas in the latter decades of the nineteenth century.