Survey Data
Reg No
15703529
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1842 - 1847
Coordinates
284847, 120366
Date Recorded
25/09/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1847, on a rectangular plan; three-bay two-storey rear (west) elevation. Occupied, 1911. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles extending into pressed or rolled iron ridges, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping, and no rainwater goods surviving on slightly overhanging rendered slate flagged eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered fine roughcast walls. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of four cut-granite steps, concealed red brick block-and-start surround having concave reveals framing replacement glazed uPVC panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings including square-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation centred on square-headed window opening (half-landing) with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows with six-over-six timber sash windows to rear (west) elevation centred on six-over-nine timber sash window. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in unkempt grounds.
Appraisal
A farmhouse erected by John Richards (The Dublin Almanac 1847, 272) representing an integral component of the mid nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of the environs of Foulkesmill with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a replacement doorcase; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been reasonably 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, thus upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1902) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble having subsequent connections with the O'Farrell family including Edward R. O'Farrell (d. 1887), 'Coroner and Farmer late of Faree County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1888, 567); and Edward Joseph O'Farrell (----), 'Farmer' (NA 1911).