Survey Data
Reg No
14807126
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1890 - 1920
Coordinates
233150, 224277
Date Recorded
11/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with two-bay gabled breakfront to ends and balustraded portico to front. Set within its own grounds. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and red brick chimneystacks. Red brick walls to front with ruled-and-lined render to sides and rear having red brick quoins. Rendered plinth band and continuous sill course to façade. Timber casement windows with concrete sills, with tooled limestone sills to rear. Art Nouveau stained glass to entrance with timber panelled door. Timber battened door with overlight to rear. Random coursed wall to front with ashlar gate piers and wrought-iron gates.
Appraisal
This well proportioned private house is enhanced by the symmetrical gabled breakfronts, which flank the central balustraded portico. The house reflects domestic architecture of the early twentieth century and is a colourful addition to the Birr Road. The stained glass adds artistic interest and the site is completed by the ashlar gate piers and wrought-iron gates.