Survey Data
Reg No
15702009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1842 - 1853
Coordinates
299037, 144244
Date Recorded
13/08/2007
Date Updated
--/--/--
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1853, on a square plan with two-bay two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1924. Resold, 1939. Resold, 1944. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" stringcourses below capping supporting louvered terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, doorcase with engaged columns on plinths supporting shallow cornice on blind frieze on entablature, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement aluminium casement 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 landscaped grounds.
Appraisal
A farmhouse erected by James Furlong (d. 1858) representing an integral component of the mid nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the deliberate alignment maximising in scenic vistas overlooking gently rolling grounds and the meandering River Slaney; the compact plan form centred on a Classically-detailed doorcase demonstrating good quality workmanship; and the slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a 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: the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings, however, has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1904) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble having subsequent connections with the Kehoe family including James Kehoe (d. 1904), 'Farmer late of Riversdale Killabeg Enniscorthy County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1904, 237); and Patrick Kehoe (----), a prisoner in Richmond Barracks and Stafford Detention Barracks following the 1916 Rising (Irish Times 8th May 1916).