Survey Data
Reg No
50930170
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
Date
1815 - 1820
Coordinates
316761, 233135
Date Recorded
15/09/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, built 1818, with three-bays to ground floor of principal (north) elevation. Single-storey return abuts to east-side of rear (south) elevation. M-profile slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, hipped to west-end, plain rendered chimneystacks to east party wall with replacement clay pots, concealed behind rebuilt brick parapet with granite coping, concealed gutters with uPVC and cast-iron hoppers and downpipes to rear. Red brick walling laid in Flemish bond, ruled-and-lined rendered walling to basement with granite stringcourse. Square-headed window openings with projecting granite sills, brick voussoirs, patent reveals to north, rendered to south; openings diminishing to upper floors. Plain rendered surrounds to basement with cast-iron grille affixed to reveals. Iron guard rails to first floor windows of north elevation. Round-headed opening between first and second floor of western bay to rear. Largely original six-over-six timber sliding sash windows without horns; three-over-three to third floor, those to rear replacements having ogee horns. Tripartite multi-paned sashes to ground and first floor rear. Single diminutive timber casement to second floor rear. Round-headed door opening to western bay of principal elevation with Neo-classical doorcase comprising engaged Ionic columns supporting fluted frieze with rosettes and moulded cornice, flanked by decorative sidelights and Ionic pilasters, spoked fanlight over replacement eight-panelled timber door. Paved granite entrance platform, with cast-iron boot scraper, accessed from street by two granite steps, flanked by cast-iron railings with decorative corner posts, on granite plinth, enclosing basement well to east. Steel steps to basement level, with square-headed door opening located beneath entrance platform, plain rendered surround with flush timber door. Street fronted onto the south side of Baggot Street Lower, abutted by similar terraces to east and west. Rear yard bound to south by recent steel gate onto Hagan’s Court.
Appraisal
Built as a cohesive terrace comprising Nos. 99-104 (50930168-73), the buildings are fine examples of late-Georgian townhouses, characterised by slightly grander doorcases than those of neighbouring groups. Despite some replacement fabric insertions, the materials, massing and restrained detailing contribute to the strong architectural continuity which remains on the south-side of Baggot Street Lower. Notably, with two-bays on the upper floors and three-bays on the principal ground floor, this group diverges from the repetitive pattern of openings which dominate the much of street, thus diversifying the homogeneity. Although the streetscape of the southern-side is characterised by similar terraced groups, the subtle discrepancies between levels, detailing and materials is indicative of the speculative nature of its development. Baggot Street, as it became known in 1773, is an ancient route from the city which was named after the manor granted to Robert Bagod in the thirteenth-century, called Baggotrath. Developed on Fitzwilliam’s land during the late-eighteenth century, construction of the street progressed slowly due to the economic recession of the 1790s; the area to the west of Fitzwilliam Street was built by the late 1790s but development to the east was more gradual with gaps remaining until the mid-nineteenth century.