Ballynatray House

House in Waterford, Ireland, dating from 1795–1800

Detached eleven-bay two-storey over basement Classical-style house, built 1795 – 1797, on a symmetrical plan incorporating fabric of earlier house, c.1700, comprising three-bay two-storey recessed entrance bay to centre having single-storey prostyle diastyle flat-roofed Ionic portico, four-bay two-storey projecting flanking end bays, five-bay two-storey side elevations, and eleven-bay two-storey over part-raised basement Garden (south-east) Front having three-bay two-storey pedimented breakfront. Renovated, 1806, with façade enrichments added. Restored, 1998. Hipped slate roofs behind parapets with rolled lead ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roof to portico not visible behind parapet. Painted rendered walls (rusticated sandstone ashlar walls to basement having cut-limestone stringcourse over) with façade enrichments, 1806, including round-headed recessed niches to entrance bay with sills, moulded surrounds, and ball finials, moulded cornice having panelled and balustraded parapet over with coping having ball finials, and quoins to corners to breakfront to Garden (south-east) Front having moulded surround to pediment. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and moulded architraves (having entablatures to ground floor breakfront on panelled friezes). 1/1 timber sash windows to ground floor with 6/6 timber sash windows to first

Type:
House

Period:
1795–1800

Where:
Waterford, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.00°N, 7.88°W

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