Survey Data
Reg No
12507082
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1910 - 1930
Coordinates
247426, 198109
Date Recorded
29/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Attached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1920, with front garden, single-storey extension to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles, pair of rendered chimneystacks to either end with profiled capping and terracotta pots. Steel rainwater goods on timber fascia. Rough-cast rendered walling to all elevations, ruled-and-lined at attic level to south gable. Square-headed window openings, patent rendered reveals and concrete sills. Two-over-two timber sash windows with ogee horns. Square-headed door opening with smooth rendered surround, replacement timber panelled door and rectangular overlight opening onto concrete step and footpath. Front garden enclosed to road by elaborate painted cement rendered wall and moulded piers with domed capstones c. 1990 and steel gate. Further rendered wall along south gravelled lane with rendered piers and corrugated-iron gates to rear garden.
Appraisal
This house retains much of its original external fabric and with its adjacent properties forms an attractive ensemble on Well Road. It is an integral part of the streetscape and enhances the architectural landscape of Portlaoise.