Survey Data
Reg No
15605094
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1835 - 1840
Coordinates
271680, 127028
Date Recorded
21/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey townhouse with half-dormer attic, dated 1838, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, ----. One of a terrace of four. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves. Replacement gritdashed roughcast wall to front (west) bellcast over rendered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" strips to ends. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-granite threshold, timber doorcase with panelled pilasters supporting shallow cornice on consoles, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six or three-over-three (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from line of street with wrought iron railings to perimeter centred on wrought iron gate.
Appraisal
A townhouse erected as one of a terrace of four houses (included 15605093; 15605095 - 15605096) representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of New Ross with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a Classically-detailed doorcase not only demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also showing a simple radial fanlight; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original or sympathetically replicated fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of a townhouse forming part of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in Henry Street.