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Terraced two-bay two-storey former house over raised basement, built c. 1830 as one of four, having return to rear (southeast) elevation. Now in use as offices. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to northeast end to rear span, hidden behind rendered parapet with moulded render cornice and eaves course, having brick chimneystacks to southwest end with clay pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods to southwest end. Rendered walls over masonry plinth course to front elevation, and rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings with masonry sills, moulded render architraves to ground and first floors to front, and replacement uPVC frames throughout. Elliptical-headed doorway with moulded render surround, timber doorcase comprising panelled pilasters with scrolled consoles supporting panelled frieze and stepped cornice, leaded batwing fanlight, and timber panelled door. Entrance approached by flight of seven granite steps and platform, shared with neighbour, with decorative cast-iron coal-hole cover. Cast-iron railings on carved masonry plinth wall flanking steps and enclosing basement area.

This house exhibits the regular proportions, scale and classically restrained detailing that typified urban domestic architecture in the late Georgian period. Salient fabric is retained, notably to the railings and doorcase, and including a well-designed and aesthetically pleasing fanlight, lending decorative interest to the composition. Moulded render detailing articulates and enhances the facade. The building is part of a short terrace, maintaining similar parapet heights and fenestration patterns, thereby contributing a sense of continuity to the streetscape. Dating to the early nineteenth century, it is one of the older houses in the North Strand area, built at a time when Dublin City was slowly expanding beyond the confines of the canals. It is also one of the larger houses in an area more typically characterized by single and two-storey houses.