Survey Data
Reg No
20818034
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Almshouse
In Use As
Almshouse
Date
1775 - 1780
Coordinates
181461, 113099
Date Recorded
03/10/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-storey house over basement, built 1777, as part of scheme of almshouses, having three-bay ground floor and two-bay first floor. Southernmost bay shared with neighbouring property and has blind window opening to first floor and red brick round-headed niche to ground floor with limestone keystone, imposts and sill. Pitched slate roof with dressed limestone eaves course, rendered chimneystacks, terracotta chimney pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered coursed limestone walls. Camber-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to first floor and nine-over-six pane to ground floor, all having limestone sills, red brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement timber casement window. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled door, spoked timber fanlight and brick block-and-start surround. Rendered boundary wall with limestone coping and cast-iron railings.
Appraisal
Kingston College was built by the Earl of Kingston for the "poor Gentlemen and Gentlewomen members of the Church of Ireland," with tenants of the estate having priority. This house shares a bay with its neighbour, the bay in question having two classically-arranged blind openings, a feature echoed in similar locations elsewhere in the group. The retention of timber sash windows and the timber panelled door, as well as the cast-iron boundary railings, considerably enhances this building's historic character.