Survey Data
Reg No
11804004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1760 - 1780
Coordinates
300603, 235912
Date Recorded
09/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced four-bay two-storey house, c.1770. Extensively renovated, c.1990. Now in use as offices. One of a group of eight. Gable-ended roof behind parapet wall. Replacement fibre-cement slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks (shared). Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990. Replacement render, c.1990, to walls. Painted. Rendered coping to parapet wall (probably over original cut-stone fabric). Square-headed openings remodelled, c.1990. Stone sills. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1990. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990, with overlight. Set back from line of road. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
Appraisal
This house, built as one of a terrace of eight, is an attractive middle-size range of balanced proportions that has been extensively renovated in the late twentieth century leading to the loss of some of the original form (primarily to the shape of the openings) and most of the original materials. The house is of social and historical significance representing the development of Leixlip in the late eighteenth century. The house is an attractive feature on the streetscape of Main Street, forming an integral component of a planned terrace, while contributing to the regular roofline of the street.