worker's house

Terraced three-bay single-storey estate worker's house, c.1830, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey lean-to open advanced porch to centre. Pitched slate roof (lean-to to porch) with clay ridge tiles, rendered and red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast walls with painted rendered buttresses to porch having stepped detailing. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and 9/9 horizontal sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber boarded door. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.

An attractive, small-scale house of almost-vernacular form and massing, sponsored by the Duke of Devonshire for workers on the Lismore Castle estate. Well maintained, the house retains the original fittings and materials throughout, which enhance the historic quality of the site. Of particular interest are the horizontal sash windows that are an increasingly-rare attribute characteristic of Lismore. The house makes a positive contribution to the streetscape of New Street, and, together with the remainder of the houses in the terrace (including 22809051/WD-21-09-51), conforms to the topography of the site through the use of a stepped roofline.