Survey Data
Reg No
15701716
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1842 - 1882
Coordinates
320839, 149066
Date Recorded
10/12/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1882, on a T-shaped plan; single-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (east). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched slate roof (east), clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on rendered bases having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls; part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (east). Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of three steps, timber doorcase with pilasters supporting cornice on consoles, and rope twist-detailed surround framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings in shallow camber-headed recesses with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (east) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.
Appraisal
A farmhouse erected by Edward Richards (d. 1882) representing an integral component of the nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a restrained doorcase; 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, thus upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (----) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a bucolic street scene.