Survey Data
Reg No
15702939
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
275170, 126285
Date Recorded
12/09/2007
Date Updated
--/--/--
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor. "Improved", pre-1902, producing present composition. Sold, 1910. Occupied, 1911. Renovated, ----. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal or tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards. Replacement cement rendered, ruled and lined walls bellcast over rendered plinth with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Elliptical- or segmental-headed central door opening into farmhouse with concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and cement rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing one-over-one 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 landscaped grounds
Appraisal
A farmhouse representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of south County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition, one rooted firmly in the contemporary Georgian fashion, confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a Classically-detailed doorcase showing a simple radial fanlight, albeit one largely concealed by a later porch; 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, thereby upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent limewashed outbuildings (extant 1902) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble having historic connections with the Galavan family including James Galavan (d. 1866), 'Merchant late of Erinvale [sic] County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1867, 121); and the Ennis family including Charles James Ennis (----), 'Farmer' (NA 1901).