Survey Data
Reg No
22830030
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1844 - 1851
Coordinates
261741, 111397
Date Recorded
25/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey double-pile house with dormer attic, extant 1851, on a rectangular plan. One of a terrace of six. Pitched double-pile (M-profile) artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta pots, central rooflight to front (east) pitch, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on boxed eaves. Roughcast wall to front (west) elevation on rendered chamfered plinth; rendered surface finish (remainder). Segmental-headed door opening (south) with cut-limestone step threshold, timber doorcase with panelled pilasters supporting shallow cornice on "Acanthus" consoles, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (north) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sill, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash window having one-over-one sidelights. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing nine-over-six (first floor) or six-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows. Set back from line of road with cut-limestone piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron double gates.
Appraisal
A house erected as one of a terrace of six houses (including 22830031; 22830243 - 22830246) representing an important component of the mid nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of Waterford with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; the Classically-detailed doorcase showing a margined hub-and-spoke fanlight; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression with the principal "apartment" or reception room showing a Wyatt-style tripartite glazing pattern. Having been well maintained, the 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 house forming part of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in Newtown Road.