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Terraced two-bay two-storey red brick house, c.1890, retaining original aspect with single-bay two-storey canted bay window to left (north-west) and single-bay two-storey rubble stone lower return to rear to north-east. One of a group of four. Gable-ended roofs with slate (half-octagonal to canted bay window). Red clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on yellow brick eaves course. Red brick Flemish bond wall to front (south-west) elevation. Rubble stone walls to return. Square-headed window openings (including to canted bay window). Stone sills. 1/1 timber sash windows. Timber pilaster doorcase with moulded entablature. Timber panelled door. Overlight. Interior with moulded plaster cornices to ceilings. Set back from road in own grounds. Lawns and concrete path to forecourt. Section of cast-iron railings to forecourt with finials and cast-iron gate.

This is a fine and well-maintained house that retains its original form and character. Built as one of a terrace of four identical houses, the house is of social and historic interest, representing the middle-size dwellings of the prosperous merchant class in Naas in the late nineteenth century. The house also represents the early development of the outskirts of the town. The house is constructed of early mass-produced red brick, with a rear elevations of less refined materials, including rubble stone. The house retains most of its original features and materials, including timber sash fenestration and a timber door, while the interior retains features such as moulded plaster cornices to the ceilings. The house, together with the remaining houses in the terrace (11814061 - 2, 4/KD-19-14-61 - 2, 4), forms an attractive feature on the streetscape of Bladder Lane and is bounded on the side of the road by a section of decorative railings, which are a fine example of early surviving cast-iron work.