Survey Data
Reg No
15502193
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1815 - 1840
Coordinates
304611, 121622
Date Recorded
10/01/2007
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey over basement house, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, ----. One of a terrace of six. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on boxed eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered replacement rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing eight-over-eight timber sash windows. Set back from street.
Appraisal
A house erected as one of a terrace of six identical houses (including 15502156; 15502190 - 15502192; 15504028) representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of Wexford with the architectural value of the composition, one allegedly erected for occupation by a veteran returning from the Battle of Waterloo (1815; Rowe and Scallan 2004, 904), 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. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original fabric: however, the introduction of replacement fittings to the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the external expression or integrity of a house forming part of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in Waterloo Road.