Survey Data
Reg No
15604001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1835 - 1840
Coordinates
297097, 139588
Date Recorded
13/06/2005
Date Updated
--/--/--
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1839, on a square plan; three- or four-bay two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped and pitched slate roof on a U-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles extending into pressed or rolled iron ridges, red brick Running bond chimney stacks on cut-granite chamfered cushion courses on red brick Running bond bases on axis with ridge having dentilated cut-granite chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, rendered coping to gables (east), and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-granite chamfered plinth with rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners; part creeper- or ivy-covered fine roughcast surface finish to rear (east) elevation. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of five cut-granite steps, timber doorcase with fluted pilasters on padstones, and rendered "bas-relief" surround having bull nose-detailed reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds having bull nose-detailed reveals with hood mouldings on monolithic label stops framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds having bull nose-detailed reveals framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds.
Appraisal
A house erected by Thomas George Cranfield MD (d. 1872) representing an important component of the nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of Enniscorthy with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact near-square plan form centred on a restrained doorcase showing a pretty fanlight; the diminishing in scale of openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression; 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 where contemporary joinery; chimneypieces; and plasterwork refinements, all highlight the artistic potential of the composition: however, the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, a nearby gate lodge (see 15603061) continues to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained urban estate having subsequent connections with Nicholas Furlong MD (----; Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland XIX 1910, 21).