Survey Data
Reg No
50010067
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
316879, 235466
Date Recorded
10/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c.1830. Built as one of wider terrace of eight houses. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and brown brick parapet wall with squared granite coping. Cast-iron hopper and downpipe to front elevation. Flemish bond brown brick walls with granite plinth over rendered basement area. Square-headed window openings with gauged brick voussoirs, patent rendered reveals, stone sills and replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening within tooled stone surround and doorcase comprising engaged Ionic columns supporting stepped cornice and plain frieze with single-pane fanlight over. Timber panelled door with brass door furniture opening onto granite flagged platform with cast-iron bootscraper and stepped granite approach shared with neighbouring house and bridging basement area. Approach flanked by wrought-iron railings on moulded granite plinth having cast-iron corner posts with urn finials. Basement area bounded by granite plinth surmounted by wrought-iron railings with spike finials. Street-fronted with cast-iron coal hole cover in granite-setting to concrete footpath.
Appraisal
This finely proportioned building maintains the strong street line and proportions of this part of Charleville Mall. It is an integral component of the streetscape and this Georgian terrace occupies a notable site facing the Royal Canal. The terrace originally comprised thirteen houses, but after the bombing of the North Strand in 1941 some of the houses were so badly damaged that demolition was required.