DRAFT Malahide Historic Core ACA Statement of Character

MALAHIDE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AREA JUNE 2009
DRAFT STATEMENT OF CHARACTER
houses fronting directly onto the street and several doors accessed by one or two
granite steps. Its character is enriched by an almost continuous run of granite kerbing
and the only surviving water pump in the ACA and a freestanding cast-iron gas lamp
standard of c.1900, with fluted shaft and moulded capping.
On the western side of the street from the junction with Strand Street, there are two
large, three-bay semi-detached houses with shops at ground floor. Both have a
centrally located door and good quality traditional commercial frontages on either side
that enhance the nineteenth-century character of the street.
Fig 16. Building at intersection with Strand Street with historic display windows
Further up the hill, a terrace of nine houses of simple understated elegant design,
grouped in threes , line the street to the corner with Railway Avenue, having lined
render to ground floor and pebble-dashed to upper floor, separated by a string course,
originally unpainted but several are now painted. No.2 retains the original six-over-six
sash windows and No.6 has later one-over-one Victorian sash windows. The central and
end houses are articulated with slight breakfronts and corresponding hipped roofs.
Fig 17. Terraces on either side of Old Street with St Sylvester’s Church dominating the skyline
Fig 18. Historic gate on Old Street
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