Survey Data
Reg No
12507026
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1900 - 1920
Coordinates
247432, 198392
Date Recorded
29/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910, with a ground floor bay window. Pitched artificial slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack rising from west gable with clay pots and plastic rainwater goods on a stepped brick eaves course. Painted brick walling laid in English garden wall bond with a stepped brick string course below first floor sill level, ruled-and-lined rendered walling to west gable and rear. Canted bay window to ground floor with an artificial slate roof over entrance and window spanning across to adjoining house. Square-headed window and door openings throughout with rock-faced granite lintels and granite sills, uPVC windows to both floors. Recessed doorcase with original timber panelled door and overlight, opening onto granite step. Concrete path with wrought-iron railing and gate. Small front garden enclosed by rendered wall.
Appraisal
One of four similar houses, this building retains much of its original external fabric. As an early twentieth-century example of speculative housing, these houses are an important set-piece on Stradbally Road and represent the extension of the streetscape from Bridge Street. The buildings are an integral part of the urban fabric of the historic town core and make a positive contribution to the architectural landscape of Portlaoise.