Airmount House

Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay two-storey gabled projecting breakfront; three-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on box eaves. Fine roughcast walls with rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing eight-over-eight (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (east) elevation centred on round-headed window opening (half-landing) with sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with timber "match stick" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in brass finial-topped volute, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors. Set in landscaped grounds on an elevated site.

A house representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of Enniscorthy with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the deliberate alignment maximising on panoramic vistas overlooking the River Slaney with Saint Mary's Church (Saint Mary's Enniscorthy) and Enniscorthy Castle as eye-catchers in the near distance; the compact plan form centred on an expressed breakfront; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated tiered visual effect. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior: however, the introduction of replacement fittings to the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of a house making a pleasing visual statement overlooking Shannon Quay.