Survey Data
Reg No
31211026
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1825
Coordinates
98262, 284339
Date Recorded
27/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay two-storey house with half-dormer attic, built 1823, on a rectangular plan; three-bay full-height rear (south) elevation. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to ends. Segmental-headed central door opening with tooled cut-limestone threshold, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone surround centred on keystone framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six or three-over-three (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes with six-over-six (ground floor) or two-over-two (upper floors) timber sash windows to rear (south) elevation centred on two-over-two timber sash windows (half-landings). Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; dining room (east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters, Classical-style chimneypiece, and cornice to ceiling; drawing room (west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters, Classical-style chimneypiece, and cornice to ceiling; and (upper floors): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Street fronted with cast-iron railings to perimeter centred on cast-iron gate.
Appraisal
A house representing an important component of the early nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of Westport Quay with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a restrained doorcase not only demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also showing a simple radial fanlight; 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 original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of a house making a pleasing visual statement in Quay Street.