Collon House — Drogheda Street

Corner-sited attached five-bay three-storey house, built c. 1770. Rectangular-plan, extended by two-bays into two-storey terrace to east, three-bay two-storey wing to north, extended former mews buildings surrounding courtyard to north, single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch to west elevation. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered corbelled chimneystacks, cast-iron gutters on ashlar stone corbel course, cast-iron downpipes. Unpainted roughcast rendered walling, smooth rendered projecting plinth; smooth rendered walling to porch, paired corner pilasters, recessed panel over door, moulded architrave at roof. Square-headed window openings, stone sills; windows to south elevation, smooth rendered reveals and soffits, painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows; windows to west elevation, block-and-start ashlar jambs, stepped voussoirs to heads, painted timber sliding sash windows four-over-four to gable, two-over-two to ground floor and three-over-three to first floor, wrought-iron grilles to ground floor windows. Square-headed door opening to porch, painted timber double doors each with single bottom panel and ten glazed upper panels; round-headed entrance door opening within porch, painted timber panelled door, double arched overlight. Set back from street; smooth rendered ruled-and-lined retaining wall to south, sandstone copings surmounted by cast- and wrought-iron railings, wrought-iron gates on square stone pillars to west; bounded to south-west and west by rubble stone wall and hedge, gardens to west and north.