Melrose House, County Wexford

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Detached two-bay two-storey house with half-dormer attic, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan; single-bay full-height side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Refenestrated, ----. Adapted to alternative use, 2000. Hipped fibre-cement slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered central "wallhead" chimney stack to rear (east) elevation having capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Hipped segmental-headed door opening (south) with timber mullions on cut-granite threshold 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 replacement uPVC casement windows. Interior including (ground floor): hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with fluted or reeded balusters supporting carved timber banister, 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 timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set perpendicular to street.

A house representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of Wexford with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; 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 quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior: however, the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of a house having historic connections with the Thompson family including Henry "Harry" Thompson (d. 1906), 'Cycle and Rent Agent late of Melrose Cottage [sic] Wexford County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1907, 510).

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15500041

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