Cooladine House

Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1798, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (west). Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1949. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on hipped slate roof (west) with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond "wallhead" chimney stacks to rear (west) elevation having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond stepped eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth with flat iron cruciform tie bars. Hipped segmental-headed central door opening with timber mullions supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six or three-over-three (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes with two-over-two timber sash windows to side elevations having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping.

A farmhouse representing an important component of the eighteenth-century domestic built heritage of County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a restrained doorcase showing a mildly eccentric radial fanlight; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, including some crown or cylinder glazing panels in hornless sash frames, thus upholding the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, adjacent outbuildings (extant 1840) continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble having historic connections with the Jacob family including Captain Archibald Hamilton Jacob (d. 1836) of the Enniscorthy Yeoman Cavalry (Rowe and Scallan 2004, 373); the Atkinson family including Samuel Atkinson (d. 1870), 'Farmer late of Cooladine County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1870, 13); and William Atkinson (d. 1882), 'Farmer late of Cooladine County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1883, 19); and the Moon family including Adam Moon (d. 1900), 'Farmer late of Cooladine County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1903, 290).