Survey Data
Reg No
31212095
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1838
Coordinates
99635, 284296
Date Recorded
18/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, extant 1838, originally forming part of larger three-bay two-storey townhouse on a symmetrical plan with shopfront to ground floor. Reroofed. Replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stack having cut-limestone stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Timber shopfront to ground floor. Square-headed window openings (first floor) including one square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns having two-over-two sidelights to tripartite opening. Interior including (first floor): timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window opening. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front having cut-limestone kerbing.
Appraisal
A house representing an important component of the built heritage of Westport with the architectural value of the composition, one originally forming part of a larger townhouse photographed (1880) by Thomas J. Wynne (1838-93) of Castlebar (NLI), suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression with the principal "apartment" defined by a Wyatt-style tripartite glazing pattern. 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 including not only crown or cylinder glazing patterns in hornless sash frames, but also a Classically-detailed shopfront of artistic interest making a pleasing visual statement in Shop Street at street level.