Riverview House

Semi-detached five-bay two-storey house on L-shaped plan, built c.1870, having a single-bay flat-roofed entrance porch to the centre of the main elevation (east) and a single-storey box bay window to the south gable end. Hipped natural slate roof with red clay ridge tiles, a moulded red brick eaves cornice and cast-iron rainwater goods. Three moulded red brick chimneystacks, two to the centre of the main building and one to the return to the south. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course with raised rendered block quoins to the corners and a rendered plat band below the eaves cornice. Square-headed window openings with rendered reveals, stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed window openings to porch. Segmental-headed doorway to the west face of porch having rendered reveals and a timber panelled door with overlight above. Main entrance gates to the east comprising red brick gate piers (on square-plan with decorative capstones having ball finials over) supporting wrought-iron gates. Gateway flanked to either side by rendered walls with wrought-iron railings over. Single-storey outbuilding on L-shaped plan attached to the house to the west having roughcast rendered walls and a pitched natural slate roof.

A well-balanced and proportioned late nineteenth-century house, which retains its early character and form. This substantial house has a number of attractive decorative elements including the brick eaves course and the extensive rendered decoration to the main body of the building and to the porch. The importance of this building is enhanced by the retention of most of its early fabric including timber sash windows. The solid workmanship and good maintenance over the years, contribute to a property that makes a welcome contribution to the Raharney streetscape. The outbuilding to the west and the good quality gateway to the east add to this composition and complete the setting.