Survey Data
Reg No
14819213
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
206277, 205003
Date Recorded
03/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c.1820, with integral arch. Set within its own garden. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, terracotta pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth render to walls. Square-headed window opening with tooled stone sills and timber sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening with coved rendered surround, engaged fluted Doric columns flanking sidelight, with tooled cornice, timber spoked fanlight and timber panelled door. Tooled limestone steps leading to doorway, flanked by wrought-iron railings. Rendered boundary wall with tooled limestone coping and cast-iron railings having fleur-de-lis finials. Tooled stone piers with limestone coping to front entrance.
Appraisal
Overlooking John's Place, this elegant property portrays a great deal of architectural quality. With well-maintained detailing such as recessed segmental-headed doorway, geometric sidelights and a spoked overlight, along with highly tooled stone sills and six-over-six sash windows, this structure has many features to recommend it as an important addition to the Birr streetscape.