Survey Data
Reg No
12318001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
271392, 143864
Date Recorded
17/05/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1850, possibly over basement on an L-shaped plan with two-bay two-storey return to north-east. Renovated, c.1900, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch added to centre ground floor. Renovated, c.1950, with single-bay single-storey lean-to conservatory added to side (south-east) elevation. Pitched slate roofs on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered chimney stacks, decorative timber bargeboards to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Flat roof to porch not visible behind parapet. Lean-to glazed roof to conservatory in timber frame. Painted rendered walls with moulded rendered coping to parapet to porch. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows to front (south-west) elevation having two-over-two timber sash windows to remainder (including to porch). Square-headed door opening with cut-limestone step, and timber panelled door. Square-headed openings to conservatory with fixed-pane timber fittings. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds on an elevated site with gravel forecourt, landscaped grounds to site having random rubble stone boundary wall, rubble stone piers leading to cast-iron colonette piers having finials, and iron double gates. (ii) Detached single-bay two-storey outbuilding, c.1850, to north-east. Hipped gabled slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted fine roughcast walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings in camber-headed recesses with cut-stone shallow sills, rendered red brick dressings having red brick voussoirs, and timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening in camber-headed recess with red brick dressings, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. (iii) Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding, c.1850, to north-east with segmental-headed carriageway to left ground floor. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted fine roughcast walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, concealed brick dressings, timber lintels to first floor, and timber casement windows having tongue-and-groove timber panelled fittings to first floor with four-over-four timber sash window to left first floor. Square-headed door opening with concealed brick dressings, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled half-door having overlight. Segmental-headed carriageway to left ground floor with concealed brick dressings, and no fittings. (iv) Freestanding cast-iron waterpump, c.1900, comprising banded cylindrical shaft with moulded necking supporting fluted profiled cylindrical head having spout (collecting into cut-stone trough), curvilinear 'cow tail' handle having finial, and fluted swept capping having finial.
Appraisal
A well-appointed middle-size house of modest architectural aspirations occupying a prominent position on an elevated site overlooking the River Barrow in the outskirts of Graiguenamanagh, thereby contributing positively to the scenic value of the area. Having been well maintained the house presents an early character with the original composition attributes surviving intact together with most of the historic fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior: the survival of a range of similarly well-maintained attendant outbuildings enhances the group and setting values of the site. Possibly having historic associations with the Board of Guardians the house remains an important element of the architectural heritage of the locality.