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Terraced two-bay three-storey house, built 1867, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier house, pre-1840, on site with single-bay three-storey lean-to lower return to south. Refenestrated, c.1950. Renovated, between 1970-9. One of a pair. Pitched (shared) slate roof continuing into lean-to to return with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack over red brick construction having profiled capping, rendered coping, and iron rainwater goods on stepped eaves having iron ties retaining cast-iron ogee hopper and downpipe. Replacement rendered walls, between 1970-9, with slate hanging to rear (south) elevation. Square-headed window openings (originally in segmental-headed recess to ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and replacement one-over-one timber sash windows, c.1950, retaining three-over-six or six-over-six timber sash windows to rear (south) elevation. Square-headed door opening originally segmental-headed with tiled step, and timber panelled door. Interior with remains of timber panelled reveals or shutters to some window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front [VO].

A pleasantly composed house of modest size built as one of a pair (second in pair not included in survey) identified in the street scene by traits including the vertical thrust of the massing, the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a tiered visual effect, and so on. Although the subject of a renovation programme carried out following damage caused to a number of sites in Parnell Street by road works in the mid to late twentieth century, the house continues to project an early aspect with the elementary composition surviving in place together with much of the historic or original fabric including increasingly-rare slate hanging once representing a characteristic common in the built heritage of Wexford Town.