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Terraced three-bay two-storey house, extant 1886, on a rectangular plan. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below chamfered capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed flanking window opening (south) with cut-granite sill, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash window. Elliptical-headed flanking window opening (north) with concealed dressings framing fixed-pane timber fitting. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with sill course, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

A house representing an integral component of the built heritage of Enniscorthy with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a restrained doorcase; the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression; and the high pitched roofline. 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, thus upholding the character or integrity of a house forming part of a self-contained group alongside adjoining houses (see 15604013 - 15604015) with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in Saint John's Street.