house

Terraced two-bay single-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1840. M-profile pitched slate roof having terracotta ridge tiles, shared chimneystack with clay pots, rendered parapet with cornice. Red brick, laid in Flemish bond to walls with cut granite plinth course over lined-and-ruled rendered wall to basement. Square-headed window openings having granite sills, rendered reveals and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Cast-iron window canopy over ground floor window. Elliptical-headed door opening with timber doorcase comprising panelled pilasters and scrolled console brackets supporting frieze, later timber panelled door and teardrop fanlight. Shared granite steps with cast-iron coal-hole cover and boot-scrape to platform. Basement area bounded by rendered plinth wall having cut granite coping surmounted by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron collars, curved alignment to main entrance steps. Matching gate to basement level. Basement door beneath entrance steps. Set back from road, with basement-level front garden.

This house retains its original façade composition and many historic features including a well-composed doorcase, teardrop fanlight and ironmongery which are characteristic of its early/mid-nineteenth century date. The window canopy is a picturesque addition lending individuality to the house. The shared scale and features of the houses contribute to the unified residential neighbourhood character of the locality. The streetscape is further enhanced by the retention of elegant iron railings. Pleasants Street along with its neighbouring roads forms part of early Victorian neighbourhood of small genteel townhouses located to the west of Camden Street. The street is named after the philanthropist Thomas Pleasants (1729-1818) who donated money towards the establishment of the nearby Meath Hospital.