Faithlegg House

House in Waterford, Ireland, dating from 1780–1785

Detached seven-bay three-storey over open basement Classical-style house, built 1783, on a symmetrical plan with three-bay three-storey pedimented breakfront, and seven-bay three-storey Garden (south-west) Front having three-bay three-storey pedimented breakfront. Extensively renovated and extended, post-1874, comprising two-bay two-storey flanking end bays extending into single-bay single-storey projecting canted pavilion blocks, and with three-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porte cochère added to breakfront. Subsequently in use as college, post-1936. Renovated, pre-1999, with porte cochère remodelled to accommodate use as hotel. Hipped slate roofs (behind parapet to original block; gabled to pediments; half-polygonal to canted pavilion blocks) with rolled lead ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging cut-stone eaves. Flat roof to porte cochère not visible behind parapet. Unpainted rendered walls with moulded rendered courses to each floor, moulded cornice to original block having blocking course over to parapet, and moulded surrounds to pediments with carved detailing to tympanum including coat-of-arms. Granite ashlar walls to porte cochère with paired piers, chamfered corners to outer piers, frieze over, moulded cornice (rising to centre sheltering stag bust on shield), and blocking course to parapet having cut-stone coping

Type:
House

Period:
1780–1785

Where:
Waterford, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.26°N, 7.02°W

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