Survey Data
Reg No
40504075
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
216957, 411380
Date Recorded
01/12/2008
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1900, having two-storey extension to the rear (south). One of a group of three with the buildings adjacent to the west (see 40504076 for building adjoining to the west). Pitched artificial slate roof with red clay roll ridge tiles, yellow brick chimneystacks to either end (east and west) with yellow brick platband, stepped cornice to cement rendered cap, and tapered red clay pots. Flat roof to south extension. Ruled-and-lined smooth rendered wall to front (north) over smooth rendered plinth course, roughcast cement rendered wall to east side elevation and roughcast rendered walls to south elevation.. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with margin glazing bars, and with rendered sills. Square-headed entrance door opening to west end of front elevation having timber panelled door with bolection mouldings, plain overlight, rendered threshold, and plinth blocks to base. Road-fronted along laneway to the east of the centre of Letterkenny. Garden to the rear (south). Gateway to the east having roughcast rendered gate pier (on square-plan) with wrought-iron flat-bar gate.
Appraisal
This simple terraced building, built around the turn of the twentieth century, retains its original form and character. It is one of three buildings along a terrace that were built as part of a single project (see 40504076 for building adjacent to the east). Its visual expression and integrity are enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the timber sliding sash windows with distinctive margin glazing bars, and the timber door with bolection moulding. The decorative yellow brick chimneystacks add interest at roofscape level. This modest building is of a scale and type that was, until recent years, a ubiquitous feature of the streetscapes of Irish towns and villages. However, it is now becoming increasingly rare to find examples in such original condition as this building along Rosemount Lane making it an interesting example of its type and date. This building forms part of a pair of structures along with its neighbour, and is a modest addition to the built heritage of Letterkenny. The simple wrought-iron flat-bar gate to the east side adds to the context.