Survey Data
Reg No
50120246
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
317017, 235625
Date Recorded
29/11/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Attached two-bay single-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1830 as one of pair within terrace of four, having attic accommodation, and return to rear (southwest). Pitched artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles, gabled dormers to front and rear, brick chimneystacks to northwest end with clay pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Brown brick walling to front elevation, laid in Flemish bond, on cut masonry plinth course over ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling; rendered walling apparent to rear. Square-headed window openings with rendered reveals, masonry sills and replacement uPVC frames. Round-headed doorway with replacement timber surround, doorcase comprising panelled pilasters with scrolled brackets having acanthus leaf detail supporting cornice, petal fanlight and timber panelled door, approached by flight of six granite steps and platform with wrought-iron handrail having integral bootscrape to northwest and rendered wall with granite coping to southeast. Cast-iron railings to front boundary on rendered plinth wall with granite coping and matching cast-iron gate.
Appraisal
The house retains much of its original form and character, with classical influence evident in the design of the doorcase and an elegant leaded fanlight that contributes to the aesthetic appeal of the composition. The survival of the cast-ironwork to the railings contributes to the residential character of the streetscape and provides a sense of enclosure marking the private space belonging to each house. These small genteel townhouses are a typology unique to Dublin and served as homes for the lower middle classes in the city in the early nineteenth century, as development in the area outside the canals was intensifying.