Galmoy

Detached three-bay two-storey flat-roofed house, extant 1950[?], on an L-shaped plan with single-bay full-height projecting end bay; three-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation. Refenestrated. For sale, 2013. Flat roof not visible behind parapet with concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered plinth with rendered stringcourse supporting rendered parapet. Square-headed central door opening with timber mullions on concrete step threshold supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings with rendered sill courses, and concealed dressings framing replacement aluminium casement windows replacing steel casement windows. Set back from line of road in landscaped grounds with rendered panelled piers to perimeter having chamfered capping supporting timber gate.

A house representing an integral component of the twentieth-century domestic built heritage of Westport with the architectural value of the composition, one exemplifying the contemporary International Style, confirmed by such attributes as the modelled angular plan form centred on a restrained doorcase; the slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression; and the flat roof profile. 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, thereby upholding much of the character or integrity of a house making a distinctive visual statement in Quay Road.