Survey Data
Reg No
15010146
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
The Hermitage
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
205435, 241448
Date Recorded
08/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1890, with projecting single-bay single-storey porch to west and single-storey canted bay window to south. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks with limestone string course and limestone coping. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Dutch gables to southwest corner with limestone coping and finials. Ruled-and-line rendered walls with string course and cornice detailing to porch and bay window. Square-headed openings with replacement windows, tripartite openings to ground floor. Ogee-headed opening to porch with square-headed doorcase with glazed timber doors and overlight above. Set back from road in mature grounds.
Appraisal
An interesting late nineteenth-century house, dominated by the Dutch-style gables topped with spiked finials, which retains its early character and form. It is set in mature landscaped grounds and is an attractive feature in the streetscape to the east of Athlone.