Roscaoin House — Altamount Street

Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1950[?], on a rectangular plan with two-bay two-storey side elevations. Now in alternative use. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of six drag edged tooled cut-limestone steps with moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed flaking window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane timber fittings. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance-hall-cum-staircase hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a bifurcating plan with balusters supporting carved timber banisters terminating in turned timber newels, timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and picture railing below plasterwork cornice to ceiling. Street fronted with rendered panelled piers to perimeter having cut-limestone capping supporting wrought iron gate.