Strandfield

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A house representing an integral component of the eighteenth-century domestic built heritage of Wexford with the architectural value of the composition, one of 'several neat villas in the suburbs [of the town]' (Lacy 1863, 406), suggested by such attributes as the rectilinear plan form; the slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression; and the high pitched roofline: meanwhile, aspects of the composition clearly illustrate the continued development or "improvement" of the house in the later nineteenth century with those works attributable to its resident James Barry Farrell (1810-93), County Surveyor for County Wexford (appointed 1840; retired 1891). Although recently damaged by fire following a prolonged period of unoccupancy, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior where contemporary joinery; chimneypieces; and plasterwork refinements, all highlight the artistic potential of a house having historic connections with the Bradish family including James Bradish (1828-1918), 'Landowner [late of] Strandfield Wexford County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1918, n.p.); and his sons John Harvey Bradish (1865-1941); Gilbert Swanne Bradish (1872-1948); and Francis Lyndon Bradish (1879-1951).