Survey Data
Reg No
15502038
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1700 - 1840
Coordinates
304719, 122119
Date Recorded
07/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey townhouse with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Now in alternative use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having shallow capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast wall to front (east) elevation; rendered surface finish (remainder). Square-headed window opening (ground floor) with cut-granite sill, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight timber sash window behind twist-topped wrought iron railing. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills supporting rosette-detailed wrought iron balconettes, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including hall (north) retaining tessellated "quarry tile" floor, carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber "spindle" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in turned timber newel, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
A townhouse 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; 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 fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of a townhouse making a pleasing visual statement in George's Street Lower.