Survey Data
Reg No
22816170
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Boathouse
In Use As
House
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
258865, 101270
Date Recorded
08/10/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-bay single-storey gable-fronted boathouse with dormer attic, c.1890, originally with square-headed carriageway to ground floor, and three-bay single-storey side elevations having single-bay single-storey lean-to lower porch to north. Extensively renovated, c.1990, with carriageway remodelled, and dormer attic added to accommodate residential use. Pitched (gable-fronted) roof (continuing into lean-to to porch) with replacement artificial slate, c.1990, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, c.1990, replacement square rooflights, c.1990, cut-granite coping to gables, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on squared red sandstone eaves. Granite ashlar wall to front (east) elevation with tooled red sandstone ashlar walls to remainder. Shouldered square-headed carriageway to front (east) elevation remodelled, c.1990, with replacement fixed-pane timber windows, c.1990, on tongue-and-groove timber panels having casement sections. Round-headed window openings to remainder (one oculus window to gable) with cut-granite sills, and block-and-start surrounds (cut-granite keystone to oculus window opening). Replacement timber casement windows, c.1990. Square-headed door opening with cut-granite block-and-start surround, and replacement glazed tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, c.1990. Set back from line of road with coursed squared granite boundary wall, c.1990, to front having sections of iron railings over, and squared granite piers having iron double gates.
Appraisal
A picturesque small-scale building of primary importance for its original intended use, attesting to the importance of maritime activities in Tramore. Extensively renovated in the late twentieth century to accommodate an alternative use, the elementary form and character of the composition remains intact. The construction of the boathouse in granite and red sandstone attests to high quality stone masonry, and produces an appealing polychromatic and textured visual effect that distinguishes the site in the locality.