Survey Data
Reg No
50930176
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
316792, 233108
Date Recorded
15/09/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, built c. 1810, with shallow bowed-bay to east of rear (south) elevation; west-bay abutted by two-stage flat-roofed extension. Now in use as offices. Flat roof with shouldered brick chimneystacks to east party wall having lipped yellow clay pots, concealed behind brick parapet with granite coping and recent steel balustrade, concealed gutters with cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through to rear. Red brick walling, laid in Flemish bond, ruled-and-lined rendered walling to basement with granite stringcourse. Buff brick to rear, laid to English garden wall bond. Square-headed window openings, two round-headed openings to rear, with projecting granite sills and brick voussoirs; openings diminishing to upper floors. Largely original six-over-six timber sliding sash windows without horns, ten-over-ten to basement and ground floor, late-nineteenth century two-over-two to second floor with ogee horns, three-over-three to third floor, largely late-nineteenth century two-over-two with horns to east-bay of rear. Cast-iron balconettes to first floor, wrought-iron guard rails to first and ground floor rear. Round-headed door opening to western bay of principal elevation with Neo-classical doorcase comprising engaged Ionic columns on plinth stops supporting fluted frieze with rosettes and moulded cornice, decorative fanlight over replacement eight-panelled timber door with brass furniture. Shared paved granite street level entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper. Cast-iron railings on granite plinth, enclosing basement well to east, accessed via recent steel steps and having recent timber sheeted door and sidelight beneath platform. Street fronted on the south side of Baggot Street Lower, abutted by similar terraces to east and west. Recent two-storey pitched roof mews building to south, fronting onto Hagan’s Court.
Appraisal
Built as a cohesive terrace comprising Nos. 94-8 (50930174-9), the buildings are fine examples of late-Georgian townhouses, and the group is distinguished by the large ground floor windows and the bowed rear elevations. The materials, massing and proportions contribute to the strong architectural continuity of Baggot Street Lower, however the subtle discrepancies between the levels, detailing and materials of neighbouring groups 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.