Survey Data
Reg No
31211039
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
Date
1780 - 1838
Coordinates
98124, 284453
Date Recorded
27/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house with half-dormer attic, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan with three-bay full-height rear (south) elevation. Renovated. Now disused[?] Pitched skate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Replacement cement rendered wall to front (north) elevation; rendered surface finish to rear (south) elevation. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one or three-over-three (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows with two-over-two or three-over-three (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows to rear (south) elevation centred on three-over-three timber sash windows (half-landings). Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
A house representing an integral component of the 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 featureless doorcase; 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, thereby upholding the character or integrity of a house making a pleasing visual statement in Quay Hill.