Survey Data
Reg No
13619108
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1710 - 1715
Coordinates
309023, 275383
Date Recorded
15/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey over basement house, built 1712. Rectangular-plan. Pitched artificial slate roof, red brick chimneystack, cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves course, circular cast-iron downpipes, stone verge coping to west gable. Roughcast rendered walling to south and west elevations, red brick walling to north, smooth rendered ruled-and-lined plinth. Square-headed window openings, stone sills, smooth rendered reveals, painted timber three-over-three sliding sash windows to first floor, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows to ground floor, three-over-three sliding sash windows to first floor, segmental-headed opening to basement, painted timber and metal inward-opening casements. Square-headed door opening, smooth rendered reveals, painted timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels, central door bell, intersecting traceried overlight, door accessed by concrete steps; square-headed door opening, painted timber vertically-sheeted door within wall bounding rear site to north-west. House fronts onto narrow path to south.
Appraisal
This house was built as part of a group of sixteen houses by the Church of Ireland for the use of widows of clergymen. Situated to the east of the church this building, like others within the complex, remains virtually intact. The retention of the unpainted render, windows, door and overlight highlight the form and proportion of this building and others within the group, creating a complex which is full of character and both socially and architecturally significant. This building plays an important part in the architectural heritage of Drogheda and County Louth.