Survey Data
Reg No
12308021
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1865 - 1885
Coordinates
250516, 158107
Date Recorded
10/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1875, with single-bay single-storey projecting glazed porch to centre ground floor, and two-bay two-storey lower return to north. Hipped slate roof (hipped to porch; pitched to return) with rolled lead ridges (clay ridge tiles to return), rendered chimney stacks having stepped stringcourses over red brick irregular bond construction, rooflights to return, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging rendered eaves. Part ivy-clad painted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed openings to porch with timber pilaster mullions supporting inscribed consoles (fluted timber pilasters to corners), fixed-pane timber windows having overlights, and glazed timber double doors having overlight. Segmental-headed door opening into house with timber panelled door having overlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with landscaped grounds to site including gravel forecourt. (ii) Attached five-bay single-storey mono-pitched outbuilding, c.1875, to north with square-headed carriageway to centre. Mono-pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cylindrical vent, rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed door openings with tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Square-headed carriageway to centre with double doors. (iii) Detached three-bay two-storey coach house, c.1875, to north with square-headed carriageway to left ground floor. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with shallow sills to ground floor (no sills to first floor), and timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening with tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Square-headed carriageway to left ground floor with tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors.
Appraisal
Representing an important element of the mid to late nineteenth-century domestic architectural heritage of the outskirts or suburbs of Kilkenny City a well-composed middle-size house of modest architectural aspirations displays pleasing proportions with closely-grouped openings centred on a Classically-detailed porch exhibiting high quality carpentry. Having been well maintained the house presents an early aspect with the essential attributes surviving in place together with most of the original fabric both to the exterior and to the interior. A collection of ancillary outbuildings together with an attendant gateway (12308001/KK-19-08-01) enhance the group and setting values of the house while contributing to the positive impression made on the character of the locality.