Survey Data
Reg No
15603005
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Island View Cottage
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
296913, 140237
Date Recorded
13/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, extant 1840, on a square plan. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped gabled slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (east) elevation on rendered plinth; creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast surface finish (remainder). Hipped segmental-headed central door opening in segmental-headed recess with cut-granite threshold, timber doorcase with engaged colonettes supporting shallow cornice, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights below overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having capping supporting wrought iron double gates.
Appraisal
A house representing an important component of the early nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of Enniscorthy with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the deliberate alignment maximising on scenic vistas overlooking glimpses of the River Slaney with Vinegar Hill as a picturesque backdrop in the distance; the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a Classically-detailed doorcase demonstrating good quality workmanship; and the high pitched roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior: however, the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of a house making a pleasing visual statement in Nunnery Road.