Survey Data
Reg No
50930173
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Hotel
Date
1815 - 1820
Coordinates
316777, 233120
Date Recorded
15/09/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, built 1818, with two-bays to upper floors of principal (north) elevation. Single-storey extension to east-side of rear (south). Now in use as hotel, extending into neighbouring building No. 99 (50930173). M-profile roof, hipped to east-end, shouldered rendered chimneystacks to west party wall with replacement pots, concealed behind rebuilt brick parapet with granite coping, rendered parapet to rear, concealed gutters with uPVC downpipes. Red brick walling laid in Flemish bond, granite stringcourse over rendered basement walls. Rendered walling to rear elevation. Largely square-headed window openings, pair of round-headed openings to rear, with projecting granite sills (some concrete to rear), patent reveals and brick voussoirs to north; openings diminishing to upper floors, those to third floor rear enlarged. Plain rendered surrounds to basement and rear. Largely replacement six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with horns, one-over-one to ground floor, three-over-three modern bottom-hung casements to third floor. Possibly original two-over-one and two-over-two timber sashes to round-headed openings at rear eastern-bay; remainder to rear are uPVC casements. Round-headed door opening to eastern bay of principal elevation with Neo-classical doorcase comprising engaged Ionic columns supporting fluted frieze with rosettes and moulded cornice, flanked by sidelights and Ionic pilasters, plain glass fanlight over eight-panelled timber door with brass furniture. Paved granite entrance platform with two steps to street flanked by cast-iron railings with decorative corner posts on granite plinth, enclosing basement well to west. Replacement tiled steps provide access to basement with recent timber door and timber casement below platform. Street fronted on south side of Baggot Street Lower, abutted by similar terraces to east and west. Recent two-storey hip-roofed mews building to south, fronting 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 a loss of historic fabric, the materials, massing and proportions of the principal elevation 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 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.