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Terrace of three two-bay two-storey houses, built c.1820. Raised basement to No.26. Pitched slate and artificial slate roofs, raised brown brick parapet walls with granite coping, red brick and brown brick chimneystacks having some clay chimneypots. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Recent rooflight to No.27. Brown brick laid in Flemish bond to walls, carved granite plinth course over rendered walls to raised basement area to front (east) elevation of No.26. Square-headed window openings, brown brick voussoirs, raised render reveals, painted masonry sills, six-over-six pane timber sash windows. Replacement uPVC window to basement area of No.27. Elliptical-arched door openings with brown brick voussoirs, moulded masonry surrounds, render doorcases having scrolled consoles and carved cornices, spoked fanlights, plain fanlight to No.26, timber panelled doors. Granite platforms with cast-iron bootscrapes and granite steps, flanked by wrought-iron railings to No.26 and No.27. Tiled platform and steps to No.29. Square-headed door opening to basement of No.26, half-glazed timber panelled door. Cast-iron railings on painted masonry plinth wall to front, pedestrian gates removed to No.26 and No.28.

Each of the buildings forming this terrace displays a regularity of design and proportion which can be seen in the arrangement of fenestration and doorcases, and is characteristic of architecture of this era. Timber sash windows are retained throughout, contributing to the character and charm of the composition. Render doorcases and spoked fanlights provide artistic interest. Although Phibsborough had been developing as a residential suburb since the late eighteenth century, the construction of the Royal Canal in the early nineteenth century provided an impetus for the construction of fine terraces such as this.