Survey Data
Reg No
31212099
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1789 - 1838
Coordinates
99686, 284292
Date Recorded
19/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced single-bay three-storey house, extant 1838, with shopfront to ground floor. Refenestrated. One of a pair. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in cement rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Timber shopfront to ground floor on a symmetrical plan. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (upper floors) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights replacing six-over-six (first floor) or six-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows without horns having two-over-two (first floor) or two-over-one (top floor) sidelights. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
Appraisal
A house erected as one of a pair representing an integral component of the built heritage of Westport with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact near-square plan form; the slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression with those openings showing Wyatt-style tripartite glazing patterns; and the high pitched roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original or replicated fabric, both to the exterior and allegedly to the interior, including a Classically-composed shopfront of artistic interest making a pleasing visual statement in Bridge Street at street level.