Survey Data
Reg No
11804008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1760 - 1780
Coordinates
300568, 235897
Date Recorded
09/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced four-bay two-storey rubble stone house, c.1770, possibly originally end-of-terrace with segmental-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Renovated and refenestrated, c.1985. One of a group of eight. Gable-ended roof behind parapet wall. Replacement fibre-cement slate, c.1985. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack (shared). Replacement plastic rainwater goods, c.1985. Random rubble stone walls (originally rendered). Repointed, c.1985. Cut-stone coping to parapet wall. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick dressings. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1985. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick dressings. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1985. Overlight. Segmental-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Cut-stone voussoirs. Timber double doors. Overpanel. Set back from line of road. Rubble stone walls to front of integral carriageway. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
Appraisal
This house, built as one of a terrace of eight, is an attractive middle-size range of balanced proportions that retains most of its original form and some of its original character. The house is of social and historical significance, representing the development of Leixlip in the late eighteenth century. Renovated in the late twentieth century, including the removal of the render, the exposed rubble stone construction serves to distinguish the house in the terrace, although prolonged exposure to the elements may have a negative effect on the fabric of the walls – the stone work has been unsympathetically repointed with an inappropriate cement mortar. The house is an attractive feature on the streetscape of Main Street, forming an integral component of a planned terrace, while contributing to the regular roofline of the street.