Survey Data
Reg No
31204054
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1840 - 1890
Coordinates
124789, 319077
Date Recorded
09/12/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, extant 1890. Renovated, 2006[?], to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on rendered bases having rendered (west) or stepped (east) capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Fine roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening with threshold, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement two-over-two timber sash windows having horizontal glazing bars. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front retaining section of stone cobbling.
Appraisal
A house regarded as an integral component of the domestic built heritage of Ballina. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior where contemporary joinery; and sleek plasterwork refinements, all highlight the artistic potential of a house forming part of a neat self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in Pearse Street.