Isaac's Hotel — Beresford Place

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over raised basement, built c.1793, as part of crescent of five similar houses to designs of James Gandon. Recently restored for use as hotel together with No. 1. Double-pile slate roof, rear pile replaced c.2000. Yellow brick chimneystacks with clay pots to both party walls. Roof hidden behind rebuilt parapet wall with granite coping and moulded granite string course to base. Slightly advanced front elevation built in red brick laid in Flemish bond with recent lime pointing. Deep moulded granite cornice to third floor sill level, plain granite sill course to second floor and rusticated coursed granite walls to ground with plain frieze and moulded cornice to first floor sill level. Cement rendered basement walls with round and rectangular Portland stone blind panels above first floor windows (possibly replacement), with replacement timber sliding sash windows. Voussoired granite heads to ground floor windows with replacement iron balconettes to first and second floors, iron window guards to ground floor. Voussoired round-headed door opening with Portland stone tripartite doorcase. Replacement timber panelled door flanked by slender pilasters, sidelights with lead tracery and responding corner pilasters supporting fluted lintel cornice and original webbed leaded fanlight over. Door opens onto platform with replacement granite paving and cast-iron boot-scrape, opening onto street via two granite steps. Platform and basement area enclosed by iron railings and cast-iron corner posts set on moulded granite plinth wall. Matching iron gate with steel steps providing basement access.