Survey Data
Reg No
50010036
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
316893, 235160
Date Recorded
18/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey house over raised basement, built c.1830, as one of pair. Now in multiple occupancy. M-profile slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, hipped to north, behind parapet wall with granite coping. Two stepped rendered chimneystacks with clay pots rise from south gable wall. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls on granite plinth course over ruled-and-lined rendered basement wall. Natural slate-hung walls to rear elevation and cement rendered to south gable. Square-headed window openings, painted granite sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with angled horns. Square-headed window opening at basement level with cast-iron grille. Three-centred arched door opening with moulded surround, replacement timber door flanked by replacement columns supporting replacement lintel cornice and blocked up fanlight. Door opens onto shared sandstone paved platform and seven granite steps bridging basement. Platform and front garden enclosed by wrought-iron railings, set on granite plinth wall to street.
Appraisal
This house forms an important component of a terrace of five tall red brick houses dating from the late Georgian period. Built as a result of the expansion of the city, brought about by the opening of the North Circular Road and the arrival of the railway from the early decades of the nineteenth century, the houses were constructed prior to the insertion of the former Dublin and Drogheda line which now runs immediately along the south gable. Greatly modified with the replacement of much original fabric, the house nevertheless retains its façade composition and townhouse appearance and together with the remainder of the terrace forms an appealing group.