Survey Data
Reg No
30333038
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
184676, 231256
Date Recorded
04/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, with two-bay side elevation, and single-bay two-storey return to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with cut limestone chimneystacks, pitched slate roof to return. Wetdashed rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to side elevation, replacement uPVC windows to front elevation, with painted sills throughout. Segmental-headed door opening with timber panelled door set in carved timber doorcase with Tuscan columns and spoked fanlight. Limestone flagstones to path, and garden to front bounded by decorative cast-iron railings on cut limestone plinth, with similar pedestrian gate set to square-profile chamfered cut limestone monolithic piers. Vehicular entrance to side with square-profile cut limestone piers with wrought-iron double-leaf gates.
Appraisal
The size and scale of this building indicate the prosperity and growth of Ballinasloe in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The regularity and ordered fenestration, combined with the timber doorcase, make it an interesting part of the streetscape. The gates and railings add to the overall character of the site. Makes an interesting pair with, and contextualises, its neighbour.