Survey Data
Reg No
40848004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1830
Coordinates
194462, 374416
Date Recorded
30/10/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Attached mid-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1810. One of a terrace of three. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks to either end (north and south), and shallow projecting rendered eaves course. Pebbledashed walls over smooth rendered plinth course, having cement rendered bands/strips to the margins and cement rendered band below eaves level. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, projecting cement rendered reveals and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Central square-headed entrance door opening having cement rendered reveals and replacement door. Road-fronted to the north end of Laghy.
Appraisal
This modest house, of early nineteenth-century appearance, retains its early form and architectural character. The retention of sash windows adds to its integrity and visual expression. This building is of a type and scale that was once a ubiquitous feature along the streetscapes of small Irish towns and villages but are now becoming increasingly rare survivals due to demolition and insensitive alteration, which makes this building in Laghy a rare survival. This house is the only one along a terrace of three buildings that has substantially retained its form and fabric, and is an addition to the built heritage of Laghy.