The Irish House — Ellison Street

Detached five-bay three-storey house, built 1886[?]; extant 1895, originally attached. Renovated with replacement shopfront inserted to right ground floor. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, iron- or zinc-covered coping to gables with rendered red brick Running bond chimney stacks to apexes having "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornices below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on moulded rendered cornice having rosette-detailed fluted consoles. Repointed coursed rubble limestone wall (ground floor) originally rendered, ruled and lined with hammered limestone flush quoins to corners; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (upper floors) with diamond pointed-panelled rendered piers to ends; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (remainder). Camber-headed door opening with cut-limestone threshold, rendered doorcase with pilasters supporting cornice on consoles, and concealed dressings having bull nose-detailed reveals framing timber panelled door having overlight. Camber-headed window openings (upper floors) with iron- or zinc-covered moulded rendered sill courses, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): entrance hall-cum-staircase hall; and (upper floors): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters. Street fronted with flagged footpath to front.