Survey Data
Reg No
31204017
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1800 - 1838
Coordinates
124223, 318762
Date Recorded
10/12/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey townhouse, extant 1838. Reroofed. Now in alternative use. One of a pair. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles terminating rendered chimney stacks having shallow capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves board on rendered cut-limestone eaves[?]retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered pier to end. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement one-over-one timber sash windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening with concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule; square-headed door opening into entrance hall-cum-staircase hall with glazed timber panelled door having sidelights below overlight; entrance hall-cum-staircase hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in turned timber newel, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors, and run moulded plasterwork cornices to ceilings; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
A townhouse erected as one of a pair representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of Ballina with the architectural value of the composition, one of the 'many new houses built [within the last ten years] by merchants and others engaged in trade and commerce' (Lewis 1837 I, 104), confirmed by such traits as the compact plan form; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the historic or original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior where contemporary joinery; restrained chimneypieces; and sleek plasterwork refinements, all highlight the artistic potential of a townhouse forming part of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in Kevin Barry Street.