T.j. McCabe

Terraced six-bay two-storey house, c.1860, with round-headed door opening to ground floor and elliptical-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Renovated, c.1900, with pair of timber pubfronts inserted to ground floor. Reroofed and refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack (shared). Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered quoins to right (north-east). Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Moulded rendered surrounds. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1990. Round-headed door opening to ground floor. Moulded rendered surround. Timber doorcase with consoles and entablature. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990. Overlight. Elliptical-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Timber boarded double doors. Pair of timber pubfronts, c.1900, to ground floor flanking door opening on symmetrical plans with pilasters having decorative consoles, fixed-pane timber display windows and timber panelled double doors having overlight and shared timber fascia over with moulded cornice. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

This house is a fine and attractive substantial range of much character that forms an imposing feature on the streetscape of Edward Street. Originally composed on an almost symmetrical plan (the five-bay section to right (north-east) centred around a round-headed door opening with a single-bay utilitarian end bay to left (south-west)), the front (south-east) elevation presents a balanced and harmonious façade. The house is of social and historical significance, representing the continued development and expansion of the historic core of Newbridge in the mid to late nineteenth century. Also of interest are the timber pubfronts to ground floor, which attest to the growing commercialisation of the town, and which conform to the true traditional Irish model, composed on symmetrical plans having minimal ornamentation. The incorporation of the original door opening as a central feature also produces an attractive visual effect. Renovated in the late twentieth century, some of the original fabric has been lost, including the fenestration that has been replaced with interpretations of the original models, although the original form remains mostly intact.