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Terraced three-bay two-storey over basement house, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan; two-bay full-height rear (south) elevation. Renovated, ----. One of a terrace of six. Replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond stepped eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered quoins to ends. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing eight-over-eight timber sash windows. Set back from street.

A house erected as one of a terrace of six identical houses (including 15502156; 15602190 - 15502191; 15602193; 15604026) representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of Wexford with the architectural value of the composition, one allegedly erected for occupation by a veteran returning from the Battle of Waterloo (1815; Rowe and Scallan 2004, 904), suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; and the very slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original fabric: however, the introduction of replacement fittings to the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the external expression or integrity of a house forming part of a self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in Waterloo Road.