house

Terraced two-bay four-storey house over basement, built c. 1830, as pair with No. 39, having four-storey return to rear (west) elevation. M-profile pitched roof, hipped to south, hidden behind granite parapet having carved granite cornice. Rendered chimneystacks with clay pots. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls to front elevation, cut granite plinth course over rendered walls to basement. Square-headed window openings, having raised render reveals and granite sills. Mixed three-over-three pane and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash and replacement windows. Round-headed door opening with moulded render surround and carved stone doorcase comprising Ionic columns and entablature, plain fanlight and timber panelled door. Nosed granite steps and platform. Cast-iron railings having spear-head finials and decorative collars, set on carved granite plinth wall.

Part of a uniform terrace, this building maintains the parapet height and fenestration alignment of neighbouring buildings, lending a pleasing sense of continuity to the streetscape. It is articulated by cut granite detailing and enhanced by the retention of salient features, notably an elegant Greek Revival doorcase. Cast-ironwork lends artistic interest to the classically restrained facade. The composition contributes to the air of grandeur projected by the terrace as a whole. The road leading from St. Stephen's Green to Donnybrook was originally called Suesey Street. It was renamed Leeson Street in 1728 to commemorate the Leeson brewing family, which was responsible for significant development in the area. Some Early Georgian houses remain but construction predominantly dates from the late eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries.