Survey Data
Reg No
60260062
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Chantilly
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1825 - 1830
Coordinates
324533, 221871
Date Recorded
21/03/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1828, on a square plan centred on single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting glazed porch to ground floor; three-bay two-storey side elevations with three-bay two-storey rear (west) elevation. Vacated, 1864. Occupied, 1911. For sale, 2011. For sale, 2013. Hipped slate roof on an E-shaped plan centred on hipped slate roof (west) with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stringcourses below red brick corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging eaves having timber consoles retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls. Square-headed central door opening into house with timber mullions supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows having overlights. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing three-over-three timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-three (first floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in turned timber newels, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors; drawing room (south) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, timber Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on plasterwork ceiling rose; dining room (north) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, timber Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-granite chamfered piers to perimeter having "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed stringcourses below chamfered capping supporting wrought iron double gates.
Appraisal
A house erected by Robert Tilly (d. 1851) on a site leased (1828) from Sir Compton Pocklington Domvile (d. 1857) of Santry (Goodbody 2004, 38) representing an important component of the early nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of south County Dublin with the architectural value of the composition, one of the 'handsome villas in various styles of architecture rapidly rising on either side of the road [in the townland of Shankill]' (Fraser 1844, 58), confirmed by such attributes as the compact near-square plan form centred on a restrained doorcase, albeit one partly concealed behind a Classically-detailed porch; the dramatic diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated tiered visual effect with the principal "apartments" or reception rooms defined by tripartite glazing patterns; and the timber work embellishing an oversailing roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior where contemporary joinery; chimneypieces; and plasterwork enrichments, all highlight the artistic potential of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1837) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble having historic connections with the Tilly family including Benjamin Tilly (d. 1863), 'late of Chantilly in the County of Dublin' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1863, 320); and Commander Arthur George Roberts Riall RN (1842-1915), 'late of Shankill County Dublin' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1915, 617).