Alma House — Wexford

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1854, on an L-shaped plan; two-bay (west) or three-bay (east) two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1998. Renovated, 1999. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, paired rooflights to front (south) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging modillioned timber eaves on moulded rendered cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Remodelled segmental-headed central door opening with granite flagged threshold, and moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, timber cruciform mullions, and rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows having overlights. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (first floor) with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and picture railing below moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds.