Survey Data
Reg No
15502059
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1930 - 1935
Coordinates
304121, 122015
Date Recorded
07/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built 1934, on a rectangular plan. Sold, 2005. One of a terrace of eight forming part of a group of eighteen. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack (west) having stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined wall (ground floor) on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered stepped stringcourse; fine roughcast surface finish (first floor). Segmental-headed door opening (east) with two concrete steps, and block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing glazed timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window opening (first floor) with concrete sill, and concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash window. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (west) with concrete sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights. Set back from line of road with rendered piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron gate.
Appraisal
A house erected as one of a terrace of eight houses representing an integral component of the twentieth-century domestic built heritage of Wexford with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; and the very slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression with those openings showing stolid neo-Georgian tripartite glazing patterns. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of a house forming part of a self-contained ensemble (including 15502060 - 15502061) making a pleasing visual statement in an urban street scene.