Survey Data
Reg No
15500055
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
304750, 122208
Date Recorded
10/01/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Attached single-bay three-storey house, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, concrete block chimney stack (east) having red brick stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (south) elevation; part rendered slate hung surface finish (remainder). Square-headed door opening (west) with concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window opening in square-headed shutter recess (east) with cut-granite sill, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash window. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
A house representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of Wexford with the architectural value of the composition 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. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, including a partial slate hung surface finish, thus upholding the character or integrity of a house making a pleasing visual statement in Skeffington Street.