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Semi-detached three-bay three-storey house over basement, built c.1825, with attic, and having full-height return to rear of west end, further two-storey entrance bay at west end to front of two-bay two-storey addition, latter having two-storey return with cat-slide slate roof, and single-storey lean-to outbuilding attached to west, with corrugated-iron roof. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered coping to parapet. Rendered walls throughout. Rubble sandstone with roughly dressed quoins and brick surrounds to openings showing in addition. Square-headed timber sliding sash windows throughout, with limestone sills, some painted, having three-over-six pane windows to second floor, six-over-six pane to first floor and replacement timber windows to ground floor. One-over-one pane to attic and three-over-three pane and six-over-six pane to taller return. Cut limestone doorcase to front entrance, with moulded surround, panelled pilasters, panel to lintel, having chamfered surround to segmental-headed door opening with timber panelled door, ornate fanlight, and with cut limestone step and cast-iron boot-scrape. Grills to voids to front of basement windows. Sandstone flagstones to footpath to front of house. Rendered boundary wall to yard to west and rubble sandstone boundary wall running along north side of rear yard is continuation of town wall.

This is an especially fine and substantial late Georgian townhouse. The varied section adds interest, the entrance door being a lower part of the building. Its well-executed limestone doorcase has a delicately made fanlight. The location of the house, essentially on the line of or incorporating Clonmel's town wall, adds archaeological interest to the site.