Survey Data
Reg No
12504212
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
246762, 198455
Date Recorded
29/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace two-storey over raised basement Late Georgian house, built c. 1810, with a plain gable end and a modern two-storey return to rear. Gable-ended slate roof behind parapet to front elevation, tall and wide rendered stacks on gable and party walls, cast-iron rainwater goods to main block with uPVC goods to return. Rough-cast render to upper elevations, plat band continuous with first floor windows sills and plat band between ground and basement level, ruled-and-lined ashlar effect render to raised basement on front elevation, raised stucco quoins to front. Square-headed window openings with smooth render surrounds, segmental arched doorcase with restored metal-framed radial fanlight above wooden architrave and wide painted surrounds to door. Replacement six-over-six timber sliding sash windows, four-over-eight at basement level, and six-panelled front door. Entrance approached by a flight of steps, set back from Coote Street with front garden bounded by cast-iron railings on a tall limestone plinth, hammer dressed limestone blocks to corner pier. Mews building to rear accessed by lane to side. Rear bounded by roughly coursed limestone rubble wall.
Appraisal
Located towards the southern end of Coote Street this house is one of a terrace of three late Georgian houses that are a significant element in Portlaoise's architectural landscape. Built following the completion of St. Peter's Church c. 1805 on a new site west of Market Square, these houses with generous gardens and mews reflect early nineteenth century prosperity and formal planning on the road before the arrivalt of the railway. An attractive and well-proportioned terrace of houses which retain most of their early form and fabric. The terrace lends a decorous presence to this section of the Coote Road and makes a positive contribution to the streetscape.