house

Terraced four-bay three-storey house, dated 1792, with shallow segmental-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Extensively renovated, c.1995. Gable-ended roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1995. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1995. Replacement render, c.1995, to walls. Unpainted. Cut-stone date stone/plaque. Square-headed window openings. Replacement concrete sills, c.1995. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed door opening approached by flight of stone steps having cast-iron railings. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1995. Decorative overlight. Shallow segmental-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Road fronted. Concrete flagged footpath to front.

This house is of social interest due to its scale and massing, suggesting that it was probably originally built by a patron of considerable status in the locality. Of social and historic significance, the house represents a component of the early development of the historic core of Rathangan in the late eighteenth century. Composed of balanced proportions, the house was extensively renovated in the late twentieth century leading to the loss of much of the original character and most of the original fabric, and only the decorative overlight, cast-iron railings to the steps and a cut-stone date/stone plaque remain in situ. The house is a prominent feature of the streetscape of Leinster Street, continuing the established streetline of the terrace while contributing to the undulating roofline of the street, demarcating the section of the street where two-storey houses give way to three-storey structures.