Survey Data
Reg No
15702043
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
Date
1700 - 1840
Coordinates
305354, 143221
Date Recorded
13/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan with pair of single-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey (north) or single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey (south) returns. Occupied, 1911. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof (east) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick header bond stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast battered wall to front (west) elevation; slate hung surface finish to side (south) elevation with rendered surface finish (remainder). Segmental-headed central door opening with timber mullions on threshold supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement centred on square-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns having two-over-two sidelights. Square-headed window openings (east) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two 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 domestic built heritage of County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition, one evoking fleeting comparisons with the contemporary Neville's Court (1817), Ballycanew (see 15610006), confirmed by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a restrained doorcase showing a simple radial fanlight; the slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression with those openings showing Wyatt-style tripartite glazing patterns; and the high pitched roofline. A prolonged period of unoccupancy notwithstanding, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior including not only crown or cylinder glazing panels in hornless sash frames, but also a partial slate hung surface finish widely regarded as an increasingly endangered hallmark of the architectural heritage of County Wexford. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1840) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble having historic connections with the Goodison family (Lewis 1837 II, 72); and the Roberts family including Alexander Roberts (----), 'Farmer'.