Survey Data
Reg No
15605087
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Scientific
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1827 - 1840
Coordinates
271771, 127210
Date Recorded
21/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey over part raised basement townhouse, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan; two-bay three-storey rear (west) elevation. Renovated, 2003, to accommodate alternative use. One of a terrace of four. Pitched and hipped double-pile (M-profile) slate roof behind parapet with rendered chimney stack (south) having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods with cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rendered walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered base with benchmark-inscribed rusticated cut-granite quoins to corner supporting parapet having cut-granite coping; repointed coursed rubble stone wall to rear (west) elevation with cut- or rough cut granite flush quoins to corner. Segmental-headed door opening (north) with four cut-granite steps, and moulded surround having concave reveals framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and rendered surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement one-over-one sash windows. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with cut-granite sills, and rendered surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement one-over-one sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Street fronted with wrought iron railings to perimeter.
Appraisal
A townhouse erected as one of a terrace of four houses (including 15605088 - 15605090) representing an important component of the domestic built heritage of New Ross with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; the so-called "Morrison Doorcase" showing a simple hub-and-spoke fanlight; the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression; and the parapeted roof. Having been well maintained, the form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original or replicated fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior where contemporary joinery; restrained chimneypieces; and sleek plasterwork refinements, all highlight the modest artistic potential of a townhouse forming part of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in Priory Street: meanwhile, a benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).