Doonea — O'Connell Avenue

Terraced two-bay three-storey rendered house built c. 1910, with entrance porch paired with neighbouring house to south. Three-sided bay window with balustraded balcony above accessed through large three-centred arched opening. Centrally-placed gabled half dormer to second floor. Return to rear prolonged by single-storey flat-roofed accretion. Pitched artificial slate roof with intersecting secondary dormer gable and return roof. Terracotta comb ridge tiles. Red brick chimneystacks to north and south party wall each with a stringcourse and stepped cornice beneath concrete flaunching; plain clay pots. uPVC rainwater goods. Façade at ground floor level faced in red brick laid in Flemish bond, with limestone plinth course and ovolo-moulded concrete stringcourse delineating first floor level. Pebbledash render to first and second floor. Square-headed window opening over front door and to second floor with pebbledash rendered reveals, limestone sills, profiled drip mould, and bipartite three-pane timber casement window. Red brick three-sided bay window with tripartite and single-leaf timber casement window frames having curvilinear glazing bars and four-paned overlights to tripartite window. Bay enriched by rock-faced limestone dressing comprising, plinth course, quoining, continuous sill course, lintel course and corbelled cornice above which a limestone piered balustrade encloses balcony, with possibly cast-iron balusters. Three-centred arched opening accessing bay balcony comprising red brick block-and-start uprights with rock-faced limestone imposts and keystone with gauged red brick completing arch. Margin-paned glazed timber door flanked by sidelights, with fanlight above. Recessed paired square-headed entrance porch comprising red brick pilasters with limestone plinth course and foliate capitals above which are rock-faced imposts and corbel blocks supporting single rock-faced lintel block. Tiled porch platform and tooled limestone step. Running mould cornice to porch ceiling. Tripartite timber doorcase comprising glazed sidelights over panelled timber bases flanking flat-panelled timber door with elaborate glazed upper panel. Tripartite overlight above, all with frosted glass. Front site enclosed by rock-faced limestone plinth wall supporting cast-iron railings with pedestrian gate paired with neighbouring house comprising rock-faced limestone piers supporting cast-iron gate and limestone step. Concrete path to front door.