Kildare

Kildare is a detached house, later converted into apartments, dating from the mid-19th century and subsequently altered. It is constructed of machine-cut limestone ashlar of random sizes, with a concrete double Roman tile roof. The house has a double-depth plan and includes a 20th-century wing at the rear. The two-storey, five-bay façade has a near-symmetrical design. Bay windows are present in the second and fourth bays, featuring deeply moulded cornices to the ground floors and shallow pedimental gables to the roofs, each with diagonally set finials. A Gothic porch is located to the right of the central bay, with open arched sides, a hood mould over the arched doorway and a diagonally set finial. The windows are primarily six/six pane sashes, with some later plate glass windows in the end bay. Some of the original sash windows retain crown glass and are set below hood moulds; French windows are present in the bay windows, embellished with margin lights. The building features moulded string courses at the first floor and parapet levels, and square angle-set chimneystacks are positioned on the outer sides of the forward-facing roof gables. The interior has been altered and was not inspected. Kildare represents a picturesque rejection of classicism, influenced by G.P. Manners’s St Catherine’s Hospital in Beau Street (1829), demonstrating how this style was adapted for domestic use.