Survey Data
Reg No
60220033
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Holly Park
Original Use
Building misc
Date
1700 - 1760
Coordinates
315435, 225344
Date Recorded
27/02/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey "cottage", extant 1760, on a rectangular plan. Reroofed. Hipped fibre-cement slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, roughcast central chimney stack to rear (west) elevation, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed yellow brick Flemish bond wall to front (east) elevation on rendered plinth; roughcast surface finish (remainder) over coursed rubble stone construction with concealed yellow brick flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening below square-headed niche with two cut-granite steps, and repointed yellow brick voussoirs framing timber panelled door. Paired square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and repointed yellow brick voussoirs framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with concealed yellow brick block-and-start surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Saint Columba's College.
Appraisal
A "cottage" contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Saint Columba's College complex with the architectural value of the composition, one illustrated in John Rocque's "An Actual Survey of the County of Dublin" (1760) and allegedly erected for occupation by the keeper of an adjacent deer park (Mulligan 2004, 7), confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; the construction in an ochre-coloured handmade brick; and the very slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression.