Survey Data

Reg No

40502019


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural


Original Use

House


In Use As

House


Date

1905 - 1910


Coordinates

216860, 411637


Date Recorded

01/12/2008


Date Updated

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Description

Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1908, having flat-roofed canted bay window to the south side of the main elevation (east) and single-storey extension to rear (west). One of a group of six terraced houses (see 40502015, 40502018 and 40502020 for other records). Pitched slate roof with yellow brick chimneystacks to either end, and with some surviving cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walls, smooth rendered walls to canted bay. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash to sides of bay window, and with smooth rendered surrounds and painted limestone sills. Square-headed door opening with smooth rendered surround with keystone detail, replacement timber door and plain rectangular overlight. Road-fronted to the north of Letterkenny town centre. Enclosed garden to the east.

Appraisal

This attractive if modestly-scaled house, of early twentieth-century date, retains much of its early form and character. It is one of the better surviving examples along a terrace of six buildings of identical plan and form (see 40502015, 40502018 and 40502020 for other records) that were built as part of a single project. The canted bay window is a common feature of buildings and terraces of its type and date in Irish towns and in the expanding suburbs of the larger towns and cities. The simple front elevation is enlivened by the plain surrounds to the openings. Interest at roofscape level is provided by the brick chimneystacks. The retention of the timber sliding sash windows adds to its visual appeal and integrity. This building forms part of a terrace that represents one of the better examples of its type and date in Letterkenny, and is a modest addition to the built heritage of the town.