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apartment/flat (purpose-built) — Mary Street

apartment/flat (purpose-built)
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apartment/flat (purpose-built) — Mary Street
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Overview

apartment/flat (purpose-built) — Mary Street is recorded as apartment/flat (purpose-built) in Waterford. End-of-terrace five-bay three-storey building with dormer attic, c.1795, probably over basement retaining early fenestration with two-bay two-storey end bay to north-west, and single-bay three-storey bowed return to south-west. Extended, c.1895, comprising two-bay single-storey return to south-west.

Why it was built

The saved account records: Shallow segmental-headed door opening with rendered Composite pilaster doorcase having moulded cornice, blocking course, shouldered surround and timber panelled double doors with overlight.

People and work

The saved account records: End-of-terrace five-bay three-storey building with dormer attic, c.1795, probably over basement retaining early fenestration with two-bay two-storey end bay to north-west, and single-bay three-storey bowed return to south-west.

How it changed

The saved account records: Extended, c.1895, comprising two-bay single-storey return to south-west.

What survives

The saved account records: Painted rendered walls to front (north-east) elevation with moulded rendered course to ground floor, paired moulded rendered courses to first floor and rendered coping to parapets.

Why it mattered

apartment/flat (purpose-built) — Mary Street matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This building, originally intended for use as offices having apartments over, is an attractive and substantial composition of balanced proportions and almost-symmetrical design. Well maintained, the building retains most of its original form and fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior. The building is distinguished by the fine render decoration, particularly the doorcase, attests to high quality craftsmanship. The interior is similarly intact and contains decorative schemes of interest. The building is an important and integral component of the brewery complex and is of significance representing an… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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