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Terraced two-bay single-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1865, as part of a pair. M-profile pitched slate roof with brick and rendered chimneystacks having clay pots, partially hidden behind parapet with cut granite coping. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond to front (west) elevation, having cut granite plinth course over roughly coursed rubble limestone basement wall. Square-headed window openings with granite sills and rendered reveals, those to basement having brick surrounds, six-over-six pane and four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Elliptical-headed door opening to front with moulded render surround. Doorcase comprising panelled pilasters having scrolled consoles with acanthus leaf detail, supporting carved stepped cornice. Plain fanlight having house number in gold leaf, timber panelled door with brass details. Cut granite steps flanked by cast-iron railings, cast-iron boot-scrape and coal hole cover. Square-headed door opening having recent door to basement. Cast-iron gate with anthemion finials, matching railings on granite plinth wall enclosing basement area.

Forming part of a terrace of three, the scale and form of these small genteel townhouse is characteristic of this part of Dublin. Well-proportioned, it retaining historic features including a well-executed doorcase and timber sliding sash windows. Its fine railings are testament to the quality of Victorian mass-produced ironwork, and add to both the setting of the house and the character to the streetscape. Heytesbury Street forms part of an early Victorian neighbourhood located to the west of Camden Street. Named after Baron Heytesbury, Viceroy 1844-6, the street was first laid out in 1846 and was nearing completion by 1861.