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Terraced two-pile three-storey house over raised basement, built 1792 as one of twenty-five, having three-bay ground floor and two-bay upper floors, and with two-bay full-height bow to east end of rear and two-storey return to west. Now also in use as apartments. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to west end, with rendered chimneystacks having clay pots to east end, hidden behind rendered parapet with moulded render cornice, and eaves course, and with flat roof to return. Ruled-and-lined rendered walling with cut masonry plinth course above basement walling. Square-headed window openings with render surrounds and masonry sills to upper floors, concrete sill to basement, and replacement uPVC windows throughout. Segmental-headed doorway with moulded render surround, carved timber doorcase comprising panelled pilasters having scrolled brackets, supporting timber frieze and leaded teardrop fanlight, and replacement timber door, approached by one nosed and two plain granite steps and granite platform with wrought-iron and replacement metal handrails. carparking to former front garden, bounded to footpath by replacement metal vehicular gate, and yard and garden to rear.

This house is part of a significant architectural set-piece, Marino Crescent, one of the few Georgian crescents in the city. The retention of the well-executed doorcase, complete with delicate leaded fanlight, adds artistic detail to the classicallyrestrained façade. The crescent comprises houses having similar parapet heights and fenestration patterns, incorporating larger houses to the centre and west end. The houses were built in the last decade of the eighteenth century to take advantage of the sea views, prior to land reclamation projects associated with the enlargement of Dublin Port. Built by Charles ffolliot, reputedly to spite Lord Charlemont, they blocked the vista from Marino House, and were locally known as Spite Crescent as a result.