Survey Data
Reg No
60230068
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1940 - 1950
Coordinates
321417, 226398
Date Recorded
12/04/2016
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay two-storey flat-roofed house, extant 1950, on a staggered L-shaped plan with single-bay two-storey recessed bays. Flat roof behind parapet with concealed rainwater goods. Red brick English Garden Wall bond walls (ground floor) on rendered chamfered plinth; rendered surface finish (first floor) with rendered parapet having shallow coping. Square-headed door opening with red brick or terracotta tiled threshold, and red brick soldier course voussoirs framing diagonal timber boarded door having sidelights. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter supporting iron double gates.
Appraisal
A house representing an important component of the mid twentieth-century domestic built heritage of south County Dublin with the architectural value of the composition, one showing the continued development of Knocksinna as a so-called "International Style suburb" (cf. 60230066 - 60230067; 60230069 - 60230073), confirmed by such attributes as the staggered plan form; the construction in a vibrant red brick with a sheer surface finish overhead; the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression; and the parapeted flat roofline.