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Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1835, having three-storey return to rear (west) elevation. Built as pair with No. 50 to north. Now in use as offices. M-profile pitched roof, hipped to south, hidden behind granite parapet, having carved granite cornice with copper flashing and eaves course. Rendered chimneystacks having clay pots. Red brick, laid in Flemish bond, to wall to front (east) elevation, rusticated granite quoins. Channelled granite to ground floor, cut granite plinth course, over rendered walls to basement. Rendered wall to rear (west) elevation. Square-headed window openings, having granite sills, continuous leaded sill course to first floor, and replacement balconettes to upper floors. Mixed three-over-three pane, six-over-three pane, six-over-six pane timber sliding sash and replacement windows. Wyatt windows to rear. Round-headed door opening, with carved stone doorcase comprising Scamozzi Ionic columns and entablature. Peacock's tail fanlight. Panelled soffits and reveals, and timber panelled door. Nosed granite steps and platform. Replacement railings on carved granite plinth wall.

One of the more grandly ornamented houses on this side of Leeson Street Lower, this house is enriched with rusticated granite, which together with red brick, makes a pleasing contribution to the streetscape. The Greek Revival doorcase lends an artistic quality to the classically restrained facade. The road leading from St. Stephen's Green to Donnybrook was originally called Suesey Street. It was renamed Leeson Street in 1728 to commemorate the Leeson brewing family, who were responsible for significant development in the area. Some early Georgian houses remain but construction predominantly dates from the late eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries.