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Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1840 as one of pair (Nos. 12-13) within longer row of similar houses, and having two-storey hipped roof return to north end of rear. Now in commercial office use. M-profile slate roof, hipped to north end of rear, having brick parapet with granite coping and parapet gutters. Shouldered brick chimneystack to south end. Shared cast-iron and replacement uPVC downpipe to north end. Flemish bond red brick walling on granite plinth course over painted rendered basement walling; rendered to basement at rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with masonry sills, patent reveals and brick voussoirs. Timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three pane to top floor, six-over-six pane to ground, first and second floors with convex horns except for chamfered horns to ground floor, and with replacement uPVC to basement. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor and wrought-iron window-guards to second floor. Round-headed doorway with painted render surround and masonry doorcase comprising pro-style Ionic columns, plain entablature, replacement peacock's tail fanlight and six-panel timber door with beaded muntin and brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and four bull-nosed granite steps. Decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth enclosing basement area, with cast-iron gate. Yard to rear, with modernized two-storey mews building and yard to rear of plot.

A mid-nineteenth-century row house built in the Georgian style, displaying well-balanced proportions and the graded fenestration pattern, typical of the period. The house, along with the wider terrace and row, is attractive and relatively well-retained with original features, including a good Ionic doorcase. The decorative balconettes further enhance the facade. The intact setting, with decorative railings, contributes to the character of the streetscape and also to the wider historic core of south Dublin. Linking Mount Street Crescent to Lower Baggot Street, this street was laid out by Sydney Herbert from the early 1830s.