Castleturvin House

The saved account records: Detached five-bay two-storey house over half-basement, built c.1730, with attic storey, and having two-storey stairs return to rear, two-storey return to east end of rear, recent three-storey flat-roofed addition to west end of rear, and recent porch to rear elevation.

The saved account records: Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, cut limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods.

The saved account records: Some early eighteenth-century stucco work to interior.

The saved account records: Square-headed door opening with cut limestone block and start surround, having timber panelled door, and with recent limestone date plaque above, and approached by splayed cut limestone steps with dressed limestone retaining walls having flat copings.

Castleturvin House matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Symmetry of façade and elegant proportions make this a distinctive house. Its form is enhanced by the retention of early features such as timber sliding sash windows and the slate roof. The entrance, with its limestone doorcase and flight of steps creates a fine focal point. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.