Survey Data
Reg No
12506179
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1910 - 1920
Coordinates
246959, 198212
Date Recorded
29/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1915, with full-height canted bay, single-storey bay to gable elevation, two-storey yellow brick return. Pitched slate roof, hipped return, terracotta ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack to east gable, ogee-moulded cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick wall laid in English garden wall bond with projecting brick eaves and plinth course and blind recessed panels below first floor windows, square-headed window openings with rock-faced granite lintels and concrete sills, round-headed front entrance formed by rock-faced granite with granite keystone and red brick impost mouldings. Four-over-four timber sash windows with rectangular coloured glass overlights, timber casement to rear, glazed timber door with leaded sidelights and rectangular overlight. Door opening onto original tiled area and two granite steps, concrete path through garden enclosed to street by wrought-iron pedestrian gate and railing on granite plinth wall. Pair of tall red brick piers with granite capstones to west framing wrought iron vehicular gate and gravel drive to semi-detached two-storey yellow brick former coach house with artificial slate roof and timber casement windows.
Appraisal
One of ten semi-detached, substantial and well-proportioned early twentieth century townhouses that form an attractive and elegant assemblage along Kellyville Park. They retain their historic appearance and much of their original external fabric. The retention of the group's original railings adds to its streetscape value. The houses stand out in the otherwise modest streetscape and make a positive contribution to the architectural landscape of the periphery of Portlaoise.