24 Kilmorey Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Right of a pair of three-storey Georgian town houses, symmetrically arranged about a shared coach arch and directly fronting the street. This building is three bays wide. It has a gabled natural slate roof, coped verge, rendered chimney at right, ogee cast-iron rainwater goods, and down pipe at left of adjoining premises.

The walls to the street façade are smooth rendered and lined with cement, and have stepped stucco quoins at right end. Projecting granite cill course to first floor windows, with rendered platband under. At left is coach arch (actually in the middle of the block as a whole) containing a pair of timber doors. This opening has vee-jointed ashlar jambs and semi-elliptical head. To the right, two granite steps lead up to modern stained timber door (with four raised and fielded panels). Door surround of vee-jointed ashlar granite with segmental head containing wrought iron fanlight; left jamb shared with coach arch. Right of door is a single 8/8 sliding sash window. At first floor are three 6/6 sashes, in line with ground floor openings. At second floor are three 6/3 windows, in line with those below. All windows have granite cills. These first and second floor windows form part of a regularly spaced composition across the block as a whole.

At front is a reproduction metal railing with urn topped posts, on a chamfered granite plinth. The railings return alongside entrance steps.

Left gable is abutted by mirror-image building. Right gable is cement rendered, without openings. It continues as a dashed yard wall across to the gable of the yard outbuilding.

Walls at rear are also smooth rendered in cement. Rainwater down pipe at left. A modern single storey extension abuts a left. This has an asbestos slated monopitch roof, cement rendered walls and two top-hung stained timber windows. Above, a 6/6 sash lights the first floor back room, and a 3/6 top-hung plastic window the top floor room. There are identical windows on the right bay. In middle bay of main block is a 6/6 sliding sash window at half landing between ground and first floors, and one above between first and second floors. All windows have granite cills.

In rear yard is a two-storey outhouse contiguous with that to adjoining premises. It has a pitched asbestos slate roof and random rubble granite walls. The wall facing into the yard has an arched opening to ground floor, and one window. Loading door above coach arch, and window opening to its right. Its street gable is wet dashed. The back wall (facing east) is pebble-dashed and has two small openings to ground floor, both with metal security bar inserts.

Historical information

Not shown on 1835 map. First cited in 1863 valuation, indicating a mid-19th century construction date, being erected simultaneously with no.22 (HB 16/30/013a). Recorded as three storeys high.

Primary Sources:

1. OS 6" map, 3rd edition PRONI OS 9/15/1/3.
2. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI VAL 2B/3/69K, p.286.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
H-. Alterations detracting from building
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Right of a pair of three-storey Georgian town houses, symmetrically arranged about a shared coach arch and directly fronting the street. This building and that adjoining form a well-proportioned Classical composition. Their scale and prominent corner location enhance make them significant in the street.