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Terraced three-bay single-storey over raised basement house, built c. 1865, as part of a pair. M-profile pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks having clay pots, partially hidden behind cut granite parapet. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond to front (west) elevation, with cut granite plinth course over roughly coursed rubble limestone basement wall. Square-headed window openings having granite sills, rendered reveals and six-over-six 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 cornice. Plain fanlight with house number in gold leaf, timber panelled door having brass details. Granite steps with cast-iron boot-scrape to platform, with cast-iron railings, cast-iron coal-hole cover. Square-headed door opening having recent door to basement. Cast-iron gate with anthemion finials and 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.