Survey Data
Reg No
15505080
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1700 - 1840
Coordinates
305140, 121420
Date Recorded
05/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced single-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Reroofed, ----. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack (south) having chamfered capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined battered walls. Square-headed central window opening (ground floor) with cut-granite sill, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash window. Square-headed central window opening in tripartite arrangement (first floor) with cut-granite sill, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash window having one-over-one sidelights without horns. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
A house representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of Wexford with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; the feint battered silhouette; the "stepping up" of the centralised openings on each floor producing an inverted tiered visual effect (cf. 15505022; 15505086); and the high pitched roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of a house making a pleasing visual statement in Barrack Street.