Survey Data
Reg No
13622061
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
309521, 274957
Date Recorded
05/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1850. Rectangular-plan, extensions to south. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge tiles, red brick shouldered corbelled chimneystacks, clay pots, cast-iron gutters to overhanging eaves, circular cast-iron downpipes, pitched tiled roofs to extensions. Painted roughcast-rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered soffits and reveals, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows, timber casement windows to extensions. Square-headed door opening, painted moulded smooth rendered surround, painted timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels, plain-glazed overlight. Located to west of bridge along entrance to presbytery and convent, smooth rendered square-profile piers with pyramid caps to north, wrought-iron railings on rendered plinth with tooled limestone coping.
Appraisal
Situated along Dublin Road, this house forms a modest well-proportioned addition to the streetscape. Its simple design, a stark contrast to the elegant structures to its west, is enhanced by the striking chimneystacks, while the retention of the sliding sash windows is also pleasing.