Survey Data
Reg No
15503045
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1700 - 1840
Coordinates
304925, 121791
Date Recorded
16/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey over basement house, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, ----, with replacement shopfront inserted to ground floor. One of a pair. Pitched (M-profile) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered buttressed chimney stack (north) having rendered capping supporting yellow terracotta pots with red brick Running bond chimney stack (south) having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (west) elevation; rendered surface finish (remainder). Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered surrounds with monolithic pilasters supporting hood mouldings centred on moulded rendered surround framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): remains of staircase with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister; (first floor): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front having cut-granite kerbing.
Appraisal
A house erected as one of a pair of houses (including 15503046) representing an integral component of the built heritage of Wexford with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact plan form; the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression with those openings showing sleek "stucco" refinements (cf. 15503076); and the high pitched roof. Although recently much modified at street level, the elementary form and massing survive intact overhead together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior where contemporary joinery; and plasterwork enrichments, all highlight the artistic potential of a house forming part of a self-contained group making a pleasing visual statement in Main Street South.