Survey Data
Reg No
15502016
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1815 - 1835
Coordinates
304712, 122084
Date Recorded
06/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house, c.1825, with elliptical-headed carriageway to right ground floor. Now in use as apartments. One of a group of two. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks over red brick construction having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having iron ties. Rendered, ruled and lined walls over random rubble stone construction with rendered channelled pier to end. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills having iron sill guard to ground floor, and six-over-six timber sash windows having overlights to first floor. Segmental-headed door opening with cut-granite or limestone step, moulded rendered surround on cut-granite or limestone padstones, fluted timber pilaster doorcase on padstones supporting inscribed frieze, and timber panelled door having fanlight. Elliptical-headed carriageway to right ground floor with concealed red brick dressings including voussoirs, and iron mesh double gates. Interior with timber panelled reveals or shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
A very well appointed house of the middle size built as one of a group of two related houses (with 15502015) making a positive contribution to the streetscape value of George's Street Lower with the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor in the Classical manner producing an elegant tiered visual effect in the composition: meanwhile, a finely-detailed doorcase displaying expert carpentry or craftsmanship further enlivens the sparse design aesthetic of the house. Having been very well maintained, the house presents an early aspect with the elementary attributes surviving in place together with most of the historic fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior including the sash-and-overlight glazing pattern recognized as a characteristic particular to Wexford Town and the environs (see also 15503092).