Survey Data
Reg No
15701013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1842 - 1901
Coordinates
304731, 157684
Date Recorded
08/10/2007
Date Updated
--/--/--
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, occupied 1901, on a rectangular plan with two-bay two-storey side elevations. Reroofed, ----. Replacement hipped artificial slate roof on a quadrangular plan with ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves. Repointed coursed rubble limestone walls with traces of rendered surface finish. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of three cut-granite steps with red brick block-and-start surround framing glazed timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six 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 timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in unkempt grounds.
Appraisal
A farmhouse representing an integral component of the nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of north County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition, one rooted firmly in the prevailing late Georgian fashion, confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on an understated doorcase showing a simple radial fanlight; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been reasonably 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: the disintegration of the surface finish, however, has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1839) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble having historic connections with the Willoughby family including John Willoughby (----), 'Farmer' (NA 1901); and the Masterson family including William Masterson (----), 'Farmer' (NA 1911).