house — O'Connell Street

Terraced three-bay four-storey over basement red brick former house, built c. 1820, now in office use, forming part of a uniform terrace of eleven Georgian former houses, with a broad flight of steps to the three-centred arched front door, and a return, evident to rear. Pitched roof concealed behind parapet wall with dormer roof lights to rear span, introduced c. 1990; chimneystacks to south party wall. Red brick faced walls laid in Flemish bond to façade with cement re-pointing; limestone ashlar faced basement elevation terminating with a chamfered limestone plinth course; cement rendered rear elevation. Square-headed window openings to façade with red brick flat arches, patent rendered reveals, and limestone sills and in order from third floor to ground floor level: six-over-three, six-over-six, nine-over-nine, six-over-one timber sash windows with historic glass surviving. Replacement timber casement widow to basement level. Wrought-iron balconettes with c-scroll motifs and rounded corners to piano nobile. Segmental arched Wyatt window openings illuminating principal rooms to rear, now glazed with uPVC windows. Three-centred arched door opening, red brick arch, patent rendered reveals, and inset tripartite plaster doorcase comprising half-engaged Composite columns and responding pilasters dividing flanking sidelights with frosted glazing and plain rendered plinth bases, and original raised and fielded panelled timber door with central fillet moulding. Columns support fluted frieze with rosette detailing, which recedes over door leaf. Original webbed lead detailed fanlight. Front door accessed by broad flight of limestone steps with bootscraper, flanked by limestone plinth wall supporting wrought-iron railings with Neo-classical cast-iron rail posts with pineapple finials, in varying states of intactness. Railings return to enclose front site basement area. Square-plan cast-iron coal hole cover and limestone slab to pavement. Original red brick and rubble limestone flanking boundary walls to rear.