Survey Data
Reg No
50930175
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
316786, 233111
Date Recorded
15/09/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, built c. 1810, with shallow bowed-bay to west rear (south) elevation and single-storey hipped lean-to extension abutting to east-side of rear (south). Now in use as offices. M-profile roof, hipped to east-end, shouldered brick chimneystacks to west party wall with lipped yellow clay pots, concealed behind brick parapet with granite coping, concealed gutters with cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through to rear. Red brick walling, laid in Flemish bond, rendered walling to basement with granite stringcourse. Buff brick walling to rear, laid to English garden wall bond. Square-headed window openings, two round-headed openings to rear, with projecting granite sills and brick voussoirs; openings diminishing to upper floors. Largely original six-over-six timber sliding sash windows, ten-over-ten to ground floor, late-nineteenth century three-over-three to basement, replacement three-over-three to third floor. Two-over-two sashes to bowed rear bay with horns and some exposed sash boxes. Timber or metal top-hung casements to rear return. Cast-iron grille affixed to basement reveals. Round-headed door opening to eastern bay of principal elevation with Neo-classical doorcase comprising engaged Ionic columns on plinth stops supporting fluted frieze with rosettes and moulded cornice, plain glass fanlight over eight-panelled timber door with brass furniture. Shared paved granite entrance platform at street-level with cast-iron boot scraper. Cast-iron railings on granite plinth, enclosing basement well to west, which is accessed via recent steel steps with recent glazed door and uPVC sidelight beneath platform. Street fronted on the south side of Baggot Street Lower, abutted by similar terraces to east and west. Modernised two-storey building to south, fronting onto Hagan’s Court, having rendered walls and a square-headed carriage-arch with recent steel gate.
Appraisal
Built as a cohesive terrace comprising Nos. 94-8 (50930174-9), the buildings are fine examples of late-Georgian townhouses, distinguished by the large windows on the ground floor and the bowed rear elevations. Retaining a number of historic windows, the materials, massing and proportions contribute to the strong architectural continuity which remains on the south-side of Baggot Street Lower. Although the streetscape of the southern-side is characterised by similar terraced groups, the subtle discrepancies between levels, detailing and materials is indicative of the speculative nature of its development. Baggot Street, as it became known in 1773, is an ancient route from the city which was named after the manor granted to Robert Bagod in the thirteenth-century, called Baggotrath. Developed on Fitzwilliam’s land during the late-eighteenth century, construction of the street progressed slowly due to the economic recession of the 1790s; the area to the west of Fitzwilliam Street was built by the late 1790s but development to the east was more gradual with gaps remaining until the mid-nineteenth century.