Survey Data
Reg No
20846149
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
House
Historical Use
RIC barracks
In Use As
House
Date
1785 - 1805
Coordinates
138235, 41347
Date Recorded
23/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1795, formerly in use as school, RIC barracks and rectory. Pitched slate roof with timber clad eaves course, ceramic chimneypots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with recent limestone name plaque to front (east) elevation. Diminishing camber-headed window openings with replacement limestone sills having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Replacement three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to second floor. Recessed round-headed door opening within timber doorcase to front elevation, comprising panelled reveals and pilasters on replacement limestone plinths, surmounted by open bedded pediment. Timber panelled door with brass door furniture, spoked fanlight and limestone stepped approach with cast-iron boot scrape.
Appraisal
This elegantly proportioned house retains its original form and character together with important historic features and materials such as its timber doorcase and sash windows. It is one of a long terrace of houses located on the west side of Emmet Square, formerly known as Shannon Square after the Earls of Shannon, which was laid out between 1785 and 1810 to accommodate the wealthy merchants of the town. This house has had an eventful history having been used as a classical school, set up under the patronage of the Earl of Shannon in 1808, a constabulary barracks and a rectory before returning to its current use as a private dwelling.