33 Patrick St

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Right one of a pair of town houses symmetrically arranged around a central coach arch and facing directly on to the east side of Patrick St. This building is three-storeys/ three-bays wide, including the bay over the coach arch.

Pitched artificial slate roof with concrete brick chimney at right, and a part-rendered clay brick chimney at left (shared with no.35). Half-round metal rainwater goods. The walls are painted and cement rendered and rise up to form a flat-roofed dormer over the top floor windows.

The coach arch at left has dressed vee-jointed granite jambs and imposted semi-elliptical head. It contains two vertically-sheeted timber doors, that to the left with a small wicket gate. Its right-hand jamb is shared with the opening into the house proper. This has a 10-panel reproduction door set in a pilastered casing (also a replica) over granite base stones and with an original curved iron fanlight above. At right is a large modern rectangular picture window with metal roller shutter. The first floor contains three regularly-spaced 1/1 top-hinged plastic windows. There is a large suspended shop sign between the left two windows. The eaves have been raised to accommodate a dormer. This contains three windows identical to those on the floor below. All the window cills are painted; those to the first floor may be granite, but those on the second floor seem to be concrete.

A lower house abuts the building at right; the exposed gable above is cement rendered.

No original openings survive on the two left bays of the rear wall as a two-storey return (probably very recent) now abuts. This has a pitched artificial slate roof and cement-rendered walls. Above its junction with the rear wall is a flat-roofed dormer, its window now sheeted over. Above the coach arch at right is a 1/1 top-hinged timber window to each of the two upper floors.

Historical information

Cited in the 1836 Valuation book as one of a three-house terrace (no.37 has been demolished). Its dimensions are given as 24.5 x 28 x 26ft (including section over coach arch) and it also had a 5ft high cellar. These accord with the dimensions given in the 1863 valuation which note it as three storeys high. With the exception of the dormer, it is basically the same building as existed in the earlier 19th century.

Primary Source:
1. PRONI: VAL 1B/ 246A, p.36;
2. PRONI:VAL 1B/246B, p.51;
3. PRONI:VAL 1B/246D, p.51;
4. PRONI:VAL 2B/2/39C, p.98.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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Criteria for listing: historic interest

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Evaluation

Apart from the door and coach arch, this building is no longer of special architectural merit, either inside or out. This is underscored by the gutting of the interior, unsympathetic dormer addition, and front window treatment.