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Semi-detached symmetrical three-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c.1830, with return to rear (north) elevation. Single-span pitched artificial slate roof, hipped to west end, partially hidden behind brick parapet wall with granite coping. Cement rendered chimneystack to party wall. Brown brick laid in Flemish bond to front (south) elevation ground and first floors, with granite plinth course over ruled and lined cement rendered walls to basement. Brown brick laid in English Garden wall bond to west elevation. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, rendered reveals, granite sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with horns. Elliptical-headed door opening with brick voussoirs, moulded surround and timber four-panelled door flanked by timber panelled pilasters with carved foliate console brackets supporting timber frieze and cornice with spider’s-web fanlight. Granite platform and steps with wrought-iron handrail. Cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth wall to front.

This house was constructed as part of a pair with No. 1 Cabra Road to its east, it is one of the few early nineteenth-century survivors on the street. It is a significant part of the architectural heritage of the Cabra Road, adding character to the streetscape. The architectural form of the houses of Cabra is derived from the Dublin townhouse. The survival of the cast-iron railings and pedestrian gates which bound the garden areas provides a sense of enclosure marking out the private space associated with each house. The pair is well composed, maintaining a unified parapet line and window alignment. Much of the early fabric is retained including the cast-iron railings, granite steps, doorcases and fanlights.