Survey Data
Reg No
50060337
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1855 - 1875
Coordinates
312686, 234388
Date Recorded
08/08/2014
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey former house with basement, built c.1865, now in use as flats. Pitched natural slate roof, with angled ridge tiles, unpainted rendered gable chimneystack, painted rendered blocking course over dentil cornice, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flemish-bonded red brick walling with straight-channelled strip quoins, rendered walling to basement. Square-headed window openings, with rounded reveals, gauged brick voussoirs, granite sills, replacement timber one-over-one pane horned sliding sash windows throughout. Elliptical-headed door opening with two-stage rebated rounded brick surround. Original four-panel bolection-moulded timber door with original furniture, flanked by panelled pilasters with foliate console brackets, lintel cornice and plain fanlight. Paved enclosure to front, with cast-iron railing to basement well, path leading to original cast-iron gate and railing set on painted granite plinth, terminated by a rendered panelled pier with corniced cap.
Appraisal
A fine late nineteenth-century end-of-terrace brick house, one of a terrace of six similar properties prominently located on Park Place. The decorative treatment includes gauged brick and restrained stucco detailing, typical of late Victorian domestic urban architecture. As a group, they make a strong contribution to the architectural character and variety of this area of Dublin, close to the Phoenix Park, further enhanced by the retention of original door and boundary features. The dentillated cornice is a strong visual feature and the channelled quoins and the panelled pier add to the classical detailing.