Survey Data
Reg No
50020355
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1845 - 1865
Coordinates
316623, 234084
Date Recorded
24/04/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c.1855, now in use as office. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to west end of front (south) span, hidden behind rendered parapet with granite coping. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls, part of masonry plinth course remaining to doorcase. Square-headed window openings, raised render surrounds, masonry sills, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Elliptical-headed door opening with moulded masonry surround, timber doorcase having scrolled brackets, entablature, plain fanlight, timber panelled door and shared granite platform. Cast-iron railings on granite plinth wall enclosing basement area. Granite paviers to footpath having cast-iron coal hole covers. Located on north side of Pearse Street.
Appraisal
Originally named Great Brunswick Street, Pearse Street connects Grand Canal Dock and College Green. It was laid out in the eighteenth century along the line of a previously existing thoroughfare, and renamed in 1922 to commemorate Patrick and William Pearse, executed for the part they played in the 1916 Rising, and whose family had a business on the street. This house forms part of a short terrace of three, built after the conversion of the Dublin Oil Gas Factory to the Ancient Concert Rooms. Although some changes have been made to the terrace, the same fenestration, matching doorcases and shared parapet gives it a strong presence on the street. The setting is enhanced by the retention of boundary railings, coal holes and historic paving.