Survey Data
Reg No
20818019
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Almshouse
In Use As
Almshouse
Date
1775 - 1780
Coordinates
181339, 113133
Date Recorded
03/10/2006
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, easternmost ground floor window having been formerly doorway of another house, and westernmost bay being shared with neighbouring property and having blind window opening to first floor and round-headed niche to ground floor, latter having limestone keystone, plinths and sill. Easternmost bay formerly part of another house. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, terracotta chimney pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered coursed limestone walls. Round-headed window to ground floor of east bay formerly doorway to another house and has six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window with fanlight. Camber-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to first floor and basement and nine-over-six pane to ground floor having limestone sills and red brick block-and-start surrounds. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled door, fanlight, brick block-and-start surround and limestone steps over area. Rendered boundary wall with limestone coping.
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 house also incorporates one bay of another house, the front doorway of which now functions as a window. The retention of timber sash windows and the timber panelled door considerably enhances this building's historic character.