Butler House — Patrick Street

Semi-detached three-bay three-storey over basement house, built 1786, with pair of two-bay three-storey returns to east having three-bay full-height bowed bay to north-east. Renovated, 1972. Now in use as hotel. One of a pair. Pitched (shared) slate roof on a U-shaped plan (hipped to returns continuing into half-conical roof to bowed bay) with clay and rolled lead ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging moulded cut-limestone eaves (rendered eaves to returns). Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with limestone ashlar chamfered course to basement, cut-limestone quoins to end, and ivy-clad unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls to rear (east) elevation. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, six-over-six and three-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows having three-over-three timber sash windows to basement. Round-headed door opening with five cut-limestone steps having wrought iron railings, cut-limestone doorcase having fluted consoles supporting open bed pediment, and timber panelled door having overlight. Round-headed door opening to rear (east) elevation with cut-limestone doorcase having fluted consoles supporting open bed pediment, and glazed timber door having overlight. Interior with carved timber lugged architraves to door openings having timber panelled doors, carved Kilkenny marble fireplaces (incorporating fluted engaged piers flanking profiled brass surround), and timber panelled shutters to window openings. Road fronted with sections of iron railings to front on cut-limestone plinth.