New Ross Young Men's Christian Association

Detached two-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey hall, extant 1911, on a rectangular plan. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped fibre-cement slate roof with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on dentilated rendered stepped cornice. Rendered wall (ground floor) on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered fluted Ionic pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on embossed frieze on stringcourse; rendered surface finish (first floor) with rendered pilasters; rendered surface finish (remainder). Paired shouldered square-headed window openings with "Bowtell"-detailed sill course (ground floor) or rendered chamfered sill course (first floor), and concealed dressings framing replacement aluminium casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

A hall representing an integral component of the early twentieth-century built heritage of New Ross with the architectural value of the composition, one allegedly occupying the site of '[a] Mansion House commonly called the Abbey' [SMR WX029-013012-], suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; the "stucco" dressings underpinning a stolid Classical theme; and the slight diminishing in scale of the coupled openings on each floor producing a feint 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 the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of a hall making a pleasing visual statement in John Street.