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Terraced seven-bay three-storey over basement house with dormer attic, dated 1746, on a bowed L-shaped plan. Renovated, ----, with openings to ground floor remodelled. Now disused. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof on a bowed L-shaped plan with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing nine-over-nine timber sash windows without horns. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing sic-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including hall (east) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with "match stick" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber surrounds to window openings to half-landings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Street fronted on a corner site with concrete footpath to front.

A house representing an integral component of the mid eighteenth-century built heritage of Enniscorthy with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the curvilinear plan form; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been reasonably 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 crown or cylinder glazing panels in hornless sash frames: meanwhile, contemporary joinery; and sleek plasterwork refinements, all highlight the artistic potential of a house forming part of a self-contained group alongside an opposing house (see 15603177) with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement at the intersection of Templeshannon with The Shannon.