Survey Data
Reg No
13001056
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1880 - 1885
Coordinates
213066, 276169
Date Recorded
01/09/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built 1884, with bay windows to front (east) and side elevations (south) at ground floor level. One of a pair with its neighbour adjacent to the north (13001055). Hipped natural slate and artificial slate roofs with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and replacement rainwater goods. Rendered walls with raised tooled limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with shouldered render surrounds having floral motif to front elevation, tooled stone sills and replacement windows. Segmental-headed entrance opening with moulded render surround having floral motif, recessed timber panelled door with glazed and timber panelled sidelights and overlight. Limestone threshold and stone flagged pavement to entrance. Painted rendered capped piers to driveway (east), set in random rubble stone boundary wall with wrought-iron double leaf gates. Gateway and garden shared with neighbour to the north. Situated at the end of a long driveway with landscaped gardens to the front and side. Located to the north end of Longford Town centre.
Appraisal
An appealing late-Victorian house, which retains its early form and much of its original charm. It forms an attractive pair of related structures along with its attached neighbour to the north (13001055). On approach, its form appears to be typical of a single house and its long driveway and extensive grounds contribute to the character of this unusual arrangement. The simple decorative motif to the openings is visually appealing and provides interest to this simple but substantial structure. This building forms part of a group of substantial period dwellings along Battery Road and it is an integral element of the architectural heritage of the area. Its proximity to the Longford Barracks complex hints that this house may have been originally built by a British Army officer.