house

Semi-detached three-bay two-storey local authority house, c.1930. Refenestrated, c.2000. One of a pair. Pitched (shared) artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Square-headed door opening with rendered surround having moulded entablature over,and replacement glazed uPVC panelled door, c.1990. Set back from road in own grounds with forecourt having painted rendered boundary wall.

A well-proportioned, modest-scale house, built as one of a pair (with 22805011/WD-15-08-11) forming part of a larger group of sixteen houses (with 22805007 - 9, 12 – 18, 47 - 48/WD-15-08-07 - 09, 12 – 18, 47 - 48). Although much of the original form and massing remains intact, the external expression of the composition has been compromised by the inappropriate replacement fittings to the openings. The house, together with the remainder of the group, is of particular importance as a reminder of the emphasis placed on social houses following the establishment of the Independent State. The house forms an attractive feature on uniform appearance in the streetscape leading into the centre of Kilmacthomas.