Survey Data
Reg No
13001057
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1880 - 1885
Coordinates
213070, 276144
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 elevation (north) and with shared projecting open porch to entrance front (east). One of a pair with its neighbour adjacent to the south (13001058). Hipped slate roofs with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walls with raised tooled limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and tooled stone sills. One-over-one and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash, top hung timber frame and replacement uPVC windows. Lean-to slate roof to porch supported on cast-iron columns. Segmental-headed entrance opening with red brick block-and-start surround, timber panelled door, timber pilasters, glazed and timber panelled side lights and overlight. Limestone threshold and stone flagged pavement to entrance. Gateway and garden shared with neighbour to the south (13001058). Painted rendered capped piers to driveway, set in random rubble stone boundary wall with wrought-iron double leaf gates. 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 south (13001058). 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 porch and red brick surrounds provide further appeal to this simple but substantial structure. It 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. The simple wrought-iron entrance gates add to the setting.