Survey Data
Reg No
22805039
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
239623, 106183
Date Recorded
22/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay two-storey house, c.1850, on a corner site retaining some original fenestration with single-bay two-storey flat-roofed return to north-east. Renovated, c.1925, with shopfront inserted to left ground floor. Renovated and mostly refenestrated, c.2000, with ground floor returned entirely to residential use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Flat felt roof to return. Painted rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (south-west) elevation with rendered quoins. Remains of rendered shopfront, c.1925, to ground floor comprising pilasters with moulded necking. Painted roughcast walls to remainder over random rubble stone construction with sections of exposed rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.2000, retaining original 3/3 timber sash window to return. Square-headed door openings with replacement glazed timber doors and double doors, c.2000, having overlights. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete footpath to front. (ii) Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with half-attic, c.1850, to north. Now in ruins. Pitched slate roof (partly collapsed) with clay ridge tiles, rendered coping, and no rainwater goods on stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with traces of lime render over. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, timber lintels, and remains of timber fittings.
Appraisal
An appealing, middle-size house occupying an important site on the outskirts of Kilmacthomas, contributing to the visual appeal of the locality. Although some of the original form remains intact, extensive renovation works have led to the loss of most of the original fabric, and some of the character of the piece as a consequence. The inappropriate replacement fittings to the openings in particular have not had a positive effect on the external expression of the composition. The survival of an early outbuilding to the grounds serves to enhance the group and setting qualities of the site.