Survey Data
Reg No
12504205
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
246798, 198404
Date Recorded
29/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with enclosed front area, side entrance and small two-storey return, attached to two-storey stone outbuilding. Pitched artificial slate roof, natural slate to rear pitch, cement ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack to either end, plastic rainwater goods on plastic fascia. Cement rendered walling, pebbledash rendered to side and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings, patent rendered reveals, painted stone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Central round-headed door opening, replacement timber panelled door, original spoked timber fanlight, tiled step opening into front area enclosed by rendered wall and wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Rubble-stone outbuildings to rear with corrugated-iron roofs.
Appraisal
This forms a pair of houses with 12506042 making a fine architectural set-piece, terminating the residential nature of Coote Street as it meets the diamond space of the more public Market Square. Despite the loss of some historic fabric it still retains its architectural chracter. It is an integral part of this important early nineteenth-century streetscape adjoining St. Peter's Church and its presence makes a very strong positive contribution to the architectural landscape of Portlaoise.