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Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910, with a ground floor bay window. Pitched artificial slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack rising from west gable with clay pots and plastic rainwater goods on a stepped brick eaves course. Painted brick walling laid in English garden wall bond with a stepped brick string course below first floor sill level, ruled-and-lined rendered walling to west gable and rear. Canted bay window to ground floor with an artificial slate roof over entrance and window spanning across to adjoining house. Square-headed window and door openings throughout with rock-faced granite lintels and granite sills, uPVC windows to both floors. Recessed doorcase with original timber panelled door and overlight, opening onto granite step. Concrete path with wrought-iron railing and gate. Small front garden enclosed by rendered wall.

One of four similar houses, this building retains much of its original external fabric. As an early twentieth-century example of speculative housing, these houses are an important set-piece on Stradbally Road and represent the extension of the streetscape from Bridge Street. The buildings are an integral part of the urban fabric of the historic town core and make a positive contribution to the architectural landscape of Portlaoise.