Survey Data
Reg No
20818011
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Almshouse
In Use As
Almshouse
Date
1775 - 1780
Coordinates
181282, 113119
Date Recorded
01/10/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-storey over basement house, built 1777, as part of scheme of almshouses, having three-bay ground floor and two-bay first floor, southernmost bay being shared with house to south and having blind window opening to first floor and red brick niche to ground floor, latter with limestone keystone and carved imposts and limestone sill, with rendered boundary walls of houses to front and each side, with limestone copings and cast-iron railings to front with ball finials. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, terracotta chimney pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered coursed limestone walls. Camber-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to first floor and nine-over-six pane to ground floor. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled door, spoked fanlight, red brick block-and-start surround and having limestone step over area. Rendered boundary wall with limestone coping and cast-iron railings having ball finials.
Appraisal
Kingston College was built by the Earl of Kingston for the "poor Gentlemen and Gentlewomen members of the Church of Ireland," with tenants of the estate having priority. This house shares a bay with its neighbour, the bay in question having two classically-arranged blind openings, a feature echoed in similar locations elsewhere in the group. The retention of timber sash windows and the timber panelled door, as well as the cast-iron boundary railings, considerably enhances this building's historic character.