65 Bridge Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A three-storey late Georgian dwelling with basement, four windows wide on the NW side of Bridge Street, with railings to street frontage. Recently renovated, only the façade now retains its original appearance.

Pitched natural slate roof with half-round metal rainwater goods. Smooth rendered chimney (with projecting caps) on each gable.

All walls are finished in lined render and with decorative stepped V-jointed quoins on the street elevation.

The main façade faces SE. Front door approached by three granite steps (bottom one projects into street). Modern four-panelled painted door (top two panels glazed), with ashlar granite Tuscan aedicule. Above entablature is a decorative fanlight within the elliptical arch opening. All façade windows have granite cills and painted timber sliding sashes (with horns). Now refurbished with double-glazing, each pane being secured with black-painted slips (not putty). Ground floor facade windows are 6/6 - one to left of door and two to right. Four 6/6 windows at first floor level. Four smaller second floor windows are 6/3. Basement windows are in line with ground floor but 3/3 sliding sash.

Both gables are abutted by adjoining buildings.

The rear elevation has been greatly altered and extended.

Railings at front and on either side of steps to front door consist of urn-topped cast-iron corner and posts with plain metal railings on chamfered ashlar granite base.

Historical information

A building measuring 39’6” x 26’6” x 27’6” high (and with a 7’6” high basement) is noted at this location on the c.1840 First Valuation; it commanded the highest valuation of all the buildings along Bridge St at this time. The correspondence between the façade length of the present building (39’9”) and its number of storeys with the 1840 description suggests that the present building was erected in the early 19th century, if not before.

Primary Sources:

1. Valuation revision book PRONI VAL 1B/ 246A, p.42 (1839)
2. Valuation revision book PRONI VAL 1B/246B, p.9 (c.1840)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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Criteria for listing: historic interest

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Evaluation

A three-storey late Georgian dwelling with basement, four windows wide. The main façade and railings are now the only original features of interest although the building still contirbutes to the streetscape.