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Terraced two-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c.1800, now in use as flats. M-profile pitched roof. Parapet with granite capping to front (north) elevation. Red brick chimneystack shared with property to east. Brown brick walls laid in Flemish bond. Painted cut granite plinth course over rendered walls to basement. Square-headed window openings having patent reveals and painted cut stone sills. One-over-one pane timber sash windows. Replacement uPVC windows to basement level. Round-headed door opening having painted masonry door surround, having engaged columns supporting fluted frieze with paterae. Replacement fanlight. Timber panelled door. Concrete entrance platform, having cast-iron railings with cast-iron corner post. Basement area enclosed from pavement by granite plinth wall with cast-iron railings and recent gate. Recent external metal stairs to basement area from pavement. Square-headed door opening to basement having uPVC door. Cast-iron coal-hole covers set in granite pavement to front of house.

This well proportioned former house makes an important contribution to the streetscape. It shares proportions and details with its neighbours forming a coherent terrace. It retains early fabric including the door surround. Blessington Street was laid out at the end of the eighteenth century, appearing in the alphabetical list of streets in Wilson's Dublin Directory for the first time in 1795. It terminates to the west end at Blessington Street Basin, constructed in 1810 as a city reservoir supplied from the nearby canal, it is now a public park.