Survey Data
Reg No
15704806
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1842 - 1867
Coordinates
308857, 113602
Date Recorded
24/09/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1867, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting glazed porch to ground floor on an engaged half-octagonal plan; single-bay (north) or two-bay (south) two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1911. Renovated, ----. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan including gablets to window openings to dormer attic with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having chamfered stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls. Segmental-headed central door opening into farmhouse, timber doorcase with panelled pilasters supporting shallow cornice, and concealed dressings having concave or splayed reveals framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on plasterwork ceiling rose; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having creeper- or ivy-covered capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron "farm gate".
Appraisal
A farmhouse erected for Charles Jacob (d. 1867; Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1867, 164) representing an integral component of the mid nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of south County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition, one rooted firmly in the prevailing late Georgian fashion, suggested by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a Classically-detailed doorcase identical to Thorn Ville (see 15704763) and nearby Bushville (see 15704805), albeit one largely concealed behind a recent polygonal porch; and the uniform or near-uniform proportions of the openings on each floor. 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 a farmhouse having historic connections with the Jacob family including Bostock Jacob (1828-1906), 'Gentleman Farmer later of Rathdowney County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1906, 233); James Bostock Jacob (1855-1915) of Fulham (cf. 15704820); Francis Bostock Jacob (----), 'Farmer' (NA 1911); and Anthony Claude Bostock Jacob (1927-53), student of architecture under Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959; Campbell College Register 1954).