Survey Data
Reg No
15700504
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Kiltillahan House
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1800 - 1839
Coordinates
301660, 160589
Date Recorded
28/09/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1839, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay (west) or three-bay (east) two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1965. Refenestrated, 1995. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks on axis with ridge having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on roughcast eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls. Hipped segmental-headed central door opening, timber doorcase with panelled pilasters on cut-granite step threshold supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice, and rendered "bas-relief" surround framing timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings centred on square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows centred on six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two blind sidelights. 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 timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds with limewashed rendered piers to perimeter having domed pyramidal capping.
Appraisal
A farmhouse representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of north County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition, one recalling contemporary farmhouses at Clologe Lower (see 15701602) and Kilcasey Lower (see 15701603), suggested by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a Classically-detailed doorcase not only demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also showing a simple radial fanlight; 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 substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior: however, the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of a farmhouse having historic connections with the Carroll family including Thomas Carroll (----), 'Farmer' (NA 1911).