Survey Data
Reg No
12310030
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Worker's house
Date
1843 - 1900
Coordinates
263726, 153390
Date Recorded
17/05/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey worker's house, extant 1900, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch abutting single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan centred on flat roof (porch), "Fleur-de-Lys"-crested roll moulded clay ridge tiles, yellow brick Running bond off-central chimney stack on yellow brick Running bond base having overgrown capping supporting louvered terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, trefoil-perforated timber bargeboards to gable on timber purlins, and no rainwater goods surviving on exposed timber rafters. Rendered coursed rubble limestone walls with concealed flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing remains of timber fitting having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Gowran Castle.
Appraisal
A worker's house illustrating the continued development or "improvement" of the Gowran Castle estate in the nineteenth century with the architectural value of the composition, one carrying the Agar-Ellis coat of arms, confirmed by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a somewhat featureless doorcase; the definition of the principal "apartment" or reception room by a Classically-detailed polygonal bay window; and the decorative timber work embellishing the roofline.