Survey Data
Reg No
11818002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1872
Coordinates
280663, 215435
Date Recorded
17/02/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached three-bay single-storey house, extant 1872, on a rectangular plan. Reroofed, ----. One of a pair. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered strips to ends supporting rendered band to eaves. Segmental-headed central door opening between cast-iron "Pattress" tie plates, timber doorcase with panelled pilasters on cut-granite threshold supporting beaded cornice on "Acanthus" consoles, and moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows having margins. Set back from street with wrought iron railings to perimeter centred on wrought iron gate.
Appraisal
A house erected as one of a pair of houses (including 11818001) representing an important component of the mid nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of Newbridge with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a Classically-detailed doorcase not only demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also showing a pretty fanlight; the margined glazing patterns; and the high pitched roof. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of a house forming part of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement overlooking the River Liffey.