VIA WHITE'S VILLAS AND ORMEAU DRIVE
Ormeau Drive located of the north side of Castle Street is comprised of late 20th century housing.
Carysfort Road runs between Convent Road and Ulverton Road on an east-west orientation. It is
characterised by modestly scaled houses mainly from the late 19th to early 20th century. Much of
the south side is occupied by Carysfort Villas, a complex of twenty-three, early 20th century
red/yellow brick artisan cottages with a shared projecting entrance bay opening directly onto the pavement. A characteristic feature of these houses is the bipartite and two pane timber sash
windows.
West of Carysfort Villas is a terrace of three two-bay two-storey rendered houses, dating to 1900. Architectural expression is found in the round-arched door openings having plain glass fanlights and sidelights. Opposite is a pair of semi-detached three-bay single-storey
houses, c. 1860, having a flat-roofed projecting entrance porch, and dentil enriched cornice. Both houses are bounded by rendered walls with granite gate piers and an iron pedestrian gate.
The dense building line and strong enclosure of Castle Street and Railway Road contrasts with the air of openness found on streets such as St. Patrick's Road, Convent Road, Sorrento Road and Tubbermore Road. Hints of earlier origins to these roads lie in pockets of irregular building
plots, and an ad-hoc building line resulting in some houses constructed diagonally to the street.
However some streets such as Convent Road have been largely regularised by uniform terraces of early to mid-20th century housing. St. Patrick‟s Road along with Carysfort Villas and St. Patrick's Square is characterised by its modest 19th century artisan houses. The architectural
character of these terraces is largely defined by low building heights, slate pitched roofs, the use of red brick with a uniform rhythm of red brick chimneystacks, window
and door openings, and lean-to breakfronts.
The remaining streets are lined by a few surviving small early 19th century quarrymen‟s cottages
alongside later villa style cottages and larger houses many of which have rich architectural
detailing. Ulverton Road, was laid out as an alternative road to Harbour Road for entering Dalkey Village from Dun Laoghaire and Bullock Harbour. It is principally distinguished by the width of the street and late 19th century terraces set back from the road by extensive enclosed front sites. The approach of this road to Castle Street has been altered in recent times as a result of road widening changing its character. The area bound by Castle Street, Ulverton Road, Church Road and Convent Road largely comprises early 20th century housing represented by Carysfort Villas and later Corporation houses including White's Villas.
Carysfort Road runs between Convent Road and Ulverton Road on an east-west orientation. It is
characterised by modestly scaled houses mainly from the late 19th to early 20th century. Much of
the south side is occupied by Carysfort Villas, a complex of twenty-three, early 20th century
red/yellow brick artisan cottages with a shared projecting entrance bay opening directly onto the pavement. A characteristic feature of these houses is the bipartite and two pane timber sash
windows.
West of Carysfort Villas is a terrace of three two-bay two-storey rendered houses, dating to 1900. Architectural expression is found in the round-arched door openings having plain glass fanlights and sidelights. Opposite is a pair of semi-detached three-bay single-storey
houses, c. 1860, having a flat-roofed projecting entrance porch, and dentil enriched cornice. Both houses are bounded by rendered walls with granite gate piers and an iron pedestrian gate.
The dense building line and strong enclosure of Castle Street and Railway Road contrasts with the air of openness found on streets such as St. Patrick's Road, Convent Road, Sorrento Road and Tubbermore Road. Hints of earlier origins to these roads lie in pockets of irregular building
plots, and an ad-hoc building line resulting in some houses constructed diagonally to the street.
However some streets such as Convent Road have been largely regularised by uniform terraces of early to mid-20th century housing. St. Patrick‟s Road along with Carysfort Villas and St. Patrick's Square is characterised by its modest 19th century artisan houses. The architectural
character of these terraces is largely defined by low building heights, slate pitched roofs, the use of red brick with a uniform rhythm of red brick chimneystacks, window
and door openings, and lean-to breakfronts.
The remaining streets are lined by a few surviving small early 19th century quarrymen‟s cottages
alongside later villa style cottages and larger houses many of which have rich architectural
detailing. Ulverton Road, was laid out as an alternative road to Harbour Road for entering Dalkey Village from Dun Laoghaire and Bullock Harbour. It is principally distinguished by the width of the street and late 19th century terraces set back from the road by extensive enclosed front sites. The approach of this road to Castle Street has been altered in recent times as a result of road widening changing its character. The area bound by Castle Street, Ulverton Road, Church Road and Convent Road largely comprises early 20th century housing represented by Carysfort Villas and later Corporation houses including White's Villas.
VIA WHITE'S VILLAS AND ORMEAU DRIVE