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Semi-detached single-bay two-storey over basement with dormer attic house, built c.1850, with two-storey hipped roof canted bay window to front (south-east), later two-storey pitched roof extension to side (south-west) and recent hipped roof extension to rear (north-west). Rendered walls with buttresses to side elevation and plinth height rendered buttresses to canted bay window. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystack, gabled dormer window, uPVC clad overhanging eaves, recent rooflights and uPVC rainwater goods. Square-headed window openings to canted bay window with render sills. Central bipartite timber framed windows with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows flanked by one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Pointed arch window opening to dormer with render sill and uPVC casement window. Square-headed window openings to rear elevation and later extension having render sills and uPVC casement windows. Oculus window opening to gable of side elevation with rendered surround and fixed timber-framed window. Square-headed door openings to two-storey extension having glazed timber doors. Concrete and rubble stone boundary wall to front with replacement timber gate.

Part of a series of seven pairs of houses set along the main street overlooking the harbour, these semi-detached houses form an integral part of Monkstown's character. They were built to accommodate the permanent and temporary residents who came to the recently established resort town for sea bathing, taking the air and healthy living, which grew in popularity throughout the nineteenth century. The canted bay window, gabled dormer window and oversailing eaves are typical features of the time, and represent the height of contemporary architectural fashion.