Harcourt House

Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former house, built c. 1815, now in use as offices. M-profile pitched roof, hipped to south-end, hidden behind brick parapet with granite coping, rendered chimneystacks to north party wall with yellow clay pots. Buff brick walls laid in Flemish bond over carved granite plinth course and rendered walls to basement. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, masonry sills and patent reveals, cast-iron balconettes to first floor and wrought-iron guard-rails to second floor. Rendered surrounds to basement opening. Six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with horns to ground and third floor windows, three-over-three sash to third floor. Round-headed door opening with rendered reveals, Doric columns on plinth stops supporting dentilled cornice and frieze with triglyphs, plain glass fanlight and raised-and-fielded twelve-panelled timber door over bull-nosed limestone step. Shared granite entrance accessed via four granite steps flanked by cast-iron railings with decorative corner post on carved granite plinth, enclosing basement well to north. Street-fronted, located on west side of Harcourt Street. Linked internally with No. 18 (50920215) to north.

A typical Georgian terraced house, the well-balanced and restrained façade is ornamented by the classical doorcase and the iron work to the balconettes and railings. The Doric doorcase, which is paired with a similar doorcase to the south, was the work of a skilled artisan and contributes to the artistic character of the building. Harcourt Street was opened in 1777 by John Hatch, barrister and Seneschal of the Manor of St. Sepulchre. Development was sporadic during the early history of the street, though it included the construction of Clonmell House for John Scott, later Earl of Clonmell, on the west side of the street, No. 17 (50920214). The second Earl sold the house and lawn in 1810. The north and south wings were subsequently demolished. This house was built on the site of the former south wing.