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Terraced two-bay three-storey house, c.1825. Part refenestrated. One of a group of five?. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stacks, and iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having iron ties. Roughcast walls with rendered channelled pier to end. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, rendered surrounds having moulded reveals, six-over-six (first floor) and three-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows having replacement uPVC casement window to ground floor. Segmental-headed door opening with cut-granite step having cast-iron bootscraper, moulded surround on octagonal padstones leading to concave reveals, carved timber surround, and timber panelled door having fanlight. Interior with timber staircase having turned timber balustrade supporting carved timber (mahogany) handrail, and timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

An elegant house built as one of a group of five units (including 15605101 - 102, 227 - 228) recalling a contemporary (c.1825) development in Priory Place (see 15605087 - 90) making a dignified visual impression in Priory Street with attributes identifying a pleasing architectural design aesthetic including the vertical emphasis of the massing with the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a slightly tiered visual effect, the minimal superfluous ornamentation limited to a Classically-detailed 'Morrison doorcase' characteristic of the locality, and so on. Having been well maintained, the house presents an early aspect with most of the historic fabric surviving in place, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus contributing positively to the character of the local setting: however, the continued introduction of replacement fittings to the openings threatens to undermine the position of the house as a valuable element of the built heritage of New Ross.