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Liffey Oil Ltd — Amiens Street

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Liffey Oil Ltd — Amiens Street
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Terraced two-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c.1832, now in use as office. Part of terrace of seven similarly-scaled buildings. Shared recent extension to rear (east). M-profile hipped slate roof with hips to north behind yellow brick parapet wall with squared granite coping. Two stepped partially-rendered yellow brick chimneystacks with clay pots to party wall, shared with No.85 to south. Aluminium rainwater goods to rear. Flemish bond yellow brick walls with rendered granite plinth course over rendered walls to basement. Rear (east) elevation of yellow brick in English garden wall bond with granite plinth course over cement-rendered basement. Recent brass sign flanking doorcase reading: 'Liffey Oil Ltd' and possible circuit box casing reading 'Oxford' to north of doorcase. Square-headed window openings with gauged brick voussoirs, rendered reveals and granite sills, having replacement uPVC windows throughout. Recent cast-iron window guards to basement opening and steel window guards to rear elevation openings. Three-centred-arch door opening with gauged brick voussoirs, moulded surround and painted timber and stone doorcase. Replacement timber panelled door flanked by engaged Ionic columns on plinth blocks, with lintel cornice forming support to single-pane replacement fanlight. Door opens onto granite flagged platform shared with No.83, having cast-iron bootscraper and granite stepped approach bridging basement area. Approach flanked by wrought-iron railings with cast-iron corner finials on granite plinth. Projecting wall to west of basement area having artificial slate roof and original timber door with cast-iron door furniture. Original cast-iron coal hole cover set in granite slab to front pavement. Rear of site flanked by steel fence and matching gate on low rubble stone wall.

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