Survey Data
Reg No
22827017
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
219073, 77623
Date Recorded
16/09/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Attached four-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1830, on a corner site retaining early fenestration. Extended, c.1980, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to south. Pitched roof with reed thatch in English style having rope work to ridge, and replacement red brick Running bond chimney stacks, c.1980. Flat felt roof to return. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and 6/6 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, c.2000, having overlight. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
An important component of the vernacular tradition in County Waterford, as identified by the informal arrangement of openings together with the thatched roof, this cottage has been very well maintained to present an early aspect on to the streetscape. However, the Georgian-style glazing to the window openings introduces a surprising formal tone to the composition. Once a predominant form of domestic architecture in the locality, the cottage remains as one of only two surviving examples in Ardmore (with 22827014/WD-40-27-14), which emphasises its importance.