Survey Data
Reg No
30343041
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
185318, 204353
Date Recorded
10/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c.1820. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Pebbledash rendered walls with render plinth course, smooth rendered quoins and quoin band. Elliptical-headed shallow recesses to each bay, having square-headed window openings with painted stone sills and timber sliding sash windows, eight-over-eight pane to ground floor with wrought-iron window guard to ground floor, and bipartite four-over-two pane windows to first floor with elliptical-headed top panes. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and traceried overlight.
Appraisal
This attractive, if modest, early nineteenth-century house retains much of its architectural character. It is typical of the built heritage of nineteenth-century market towns like Portumna. Its modest façade has been enlivened by the shallow recesses. The timber sliding sash windows to the upper floor are notable, with unusual elliptical panes, and the variety and diminishing nature of the windows adds interest.