Survey Data
Reg No
15702027
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
298361, 140496
Date Recorded
13/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay single-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1840, on an F-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch; single-bay full-height gabled projecting end bay. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1990. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan including gablets to window openings to half-dormer attic; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), clay ridge tiles, rendered diagonal chimney stacks having paired stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gables centred on quatrefoil-perforated decorative timber bargeboards to gable with timber finial to apex, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on trefoil-detailed timber eaves boards on rendered eaves. Rendered walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Tudor-headed central door opening approached by flight of three cut-granite steps with concealed dressings having chamfered reveals framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings ("cheeks") with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-four timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, carved timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash windows having overlights. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (half-dormer attic) with cut-granite sills, carved timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (end bays) with cut-granite sills, carved timber cruciform mullions, and concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash windows having overlights. 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 reveals or shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-granite monolithic piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping supporting crocketed wrought iron double gates.
Appraisal
A farmhouse representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of the suburban outskirts of Enniscorthy with the architectural value of the composition, one allegedly retaining at its core the basis of an eighteenth-century house erected (1783) by John White (Rowe and Scallan 2004, 355), confirmed by such attributes as the deliberate alignment maximising on scenic vistas overlooking rolling grounds with the meandering River Slaney in the near distance; the asymmetrical frontage centred on a restrained Tudor Revival doorcase showing a pretty fanlight; the diminishing in scale of the multipartite openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression; and the decorative timber work embellishing a multi-gabled 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; and plasterwork refinements, all highlight the artistic potential of the composition. Furthermore, adjoining outbuildings (extant 1840) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble having historic connections with the Davis sisters Mary Wilson Davis (d. 1905; NA 1901) and Margaret G. Davis (----; NA 1911).