Survey Data
Reg No
13619099
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1710 - 1715
Coordinates
309037, 275412
Date Recorded
15/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced four-bay two-storey over basement with attic house, built 1712. Rectangular-plan. Pitched artificial slate roof, red brick chimneystack to north elevation, clay ridge tiles, moulded cast-iron gutter on corbelled eaves course. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered reveals and soffit, painted stone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows to ground floor, three-over-three sliding sash windows to first floor, metal inward-opening casement windows to basement. Square-headed door opening, painted smooth rendered reveals and soffit, painted timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels, cast-iron door furniture, intersecting traceried overlight, tooled limestone steps give access to door. House built as part of a complex, fronting onto courtyard.
Appraisal
This house was built as part of a complex of sixteen houses for the use of widows of Church of Ireland clergymen. Situated to the east of the church, this house which is almost identical to the others within the complex, is virtually intact. Over the years it has been carefully maintained and hardly altered, the windows, unpainted render, door and simple fanlight all contribute to the character of this building. Built as part of a designed complex of structures, this house contributes greatly to the architectural heritage of Drogheda and indeed to County Louth.