Rowanvilla, house in County Kildare

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End-of-terrace three-bay single-storey house, c.1875, on a corner site with round-headed door opening to centre. Reroofed and refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves course. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Painted. Rendered channelled piers to ends. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Round-headed door opening. Timber pilaster doorcase with consoles and entablature. Timber panelled door. Overlight. Road fronted on a corner site. Concrete flagged footpath to front.

This house is an attractive, small-scale range that retains most of its original form and some of its early character. The house is of social and historical significance, representing the expansion of the historic core of Newbridge in the mid nineteenth century. Composed on a symmetrical plan of graceful balanced proportions, the house is an attractive feature on the streetscape of Eyre Street, continuing the established streetline of the street while contributing to the varied roofline of the terrace. The house retains important early timber fittings to the door opening, while the re-instatement of traditional-style timber fenestration might restore a more accurate representation of the original appearance.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11818006

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