house — O'Connell Street

Terraced three-bay four-storey over basement red brick former townhouse, built c. 1820, forming part of a uniform terrace of eleven Georgian former townhouses, with a broad flight of steps to the three-centred arched front door. Pitched roof concealed behind parapet wall; rendered chimneystack to north party wall. Red brick faced walls laid in Flemish bond to façade with cement re-pointing. Rendered basement elevation terminating with a limestone ashlar plinth course at ground floor level. Square-headed window openings to façade with red brick flat arches, patent rendered reveals, limestone sills and original six-over-six timber sash windows to ground and second floor level and replacement uPVC windows elsewhere. Simple wrought-iron nursery rails to second floor window openings. Red brick three-centred arched door opening, patent rendered reveals, and inset tripartite timber doorcase comprising enriched piers dividing flanking pointed-arch margin-paned sidelights which have panelled timber bases; original flat-panelled timber door with applied bead moulding and central horizontal panel. Enriched piers support frieze and cornice with waterleaf detailing; egg-and-dart detailing to capitals and cornice. Original spoked fanlight each glazing bar forming an arrow. Front door accessed by broad flight of limestone steps with cast-iron bootscraper, flanked by rendered original limestone plinth wall supporting original wrought-iron railings with Neo-classical cast-iron rail posts with pineapple finials. Railings return to enclose front site basement area. Square-plan cast-iron coal hole cover and limestone slab to pavement.