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Attached two-bay four-storey house, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan; two-bay four-storey rear (east) elevation. Renovated, ----, to accommodate alternative use. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack (north) on rendered base, slightly sproketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe with cast-iron rainwater goods (east) retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed door opening (south) with cut-granite threshold, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Set back from line of street with wrought iron railings to perimeter.

A house representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of New Ross with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; 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 quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior: however, the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of a house making a pleasing visual statement in Priory Street.