farm house

Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1840, on an T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting glazed porch to ground floor. "Improved", 1911, producing present composition. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped slate roof with lichen-covered clay or terracotta ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having stringcourses below corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered quoins to ends; slate hung surface finish to side (east) elevation. Segmental-headed central door opening into farmhouse with concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings (ground floor) or moulded rendered surrounds (first floor) framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with roughcast-panelled rendered piers to perimeter having ball finial-topped stepped capping

A farmhouse representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a restrained doorcase showing a pretty fanlight; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated tiered visual effect with the principal "apartments" or reception rooms defined by bowed bay windows: meanwhile, aspects of the composition clearly illustrate the continued development or "improvement" of the farmhouse in the early twentieth century. 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 a partial slate hung surface finish widely regarded as an increasingly endangered hallmark of the architectural heritage of County Wexford: the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings, however, has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, a "cow tail" waterpump (extant 1903); and adjacent outbuildings (extant 1903), all continue to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a self-contained ensemble having historic connections with the Fortune family including John Fortune (d. 1890), 'Farmer late of Rathaspeck [sic] County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1890, 259).