Survey Data
Reg No
15503046
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1700 - 1840
Coordinates
304929, 121784
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 and hipped (M-profile) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack (north) having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (west) elevation with rusticated rendered piers to ends; rendered surface finish (remainder). Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (upper floors): remains of staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters. Interior undergoing reconstruction, 2006, retaining staircase with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister; and (upper floors): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to some window openings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front having cut-granite kerbing.
Appraisal
A house erected as one of a pair of houses (including 15503045) 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; 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; chimneypieces; and sleek plasterwork enrichments, all highlight the artistic potential of the composition: however, reconstruction works in progress may determine the ongoing architectural heritage status of a house forming part of a self-contained group making a pleasing visual statement in Main Street South.