Survey Data
Reg No
15502023
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1830 - 1840
Coordinates
304687, 122041
Date Recorded
05/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey townhouse with dormer attic, built 1835, on a rectangular plan. Repaired, 1870. Refenestrated, ----. Pitched fibre-cement slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond (south) or rendered (north) chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, rooflight to front (east) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Segmental-headed door opening (south) with cut-granite threshold, timber doorcase with panelled pilasters, and moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six sash windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
A townhouse representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of Wexford with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression; and the high pitched roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original or replicated fabric, thus upholding much of the character or integrity of a townhouse making a pleasing visual statement in Abbey Street.