house — Mountjoy Square North

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over raised basement, built, c.1797, as one of pair with number 2, now in educational use. Double-pile slate roof, hipped to east of front (south) pile, having two hipped projections set perpendicular to rear, with red brick chimneystack having clay pots to west party wall, hidden behind rebuilt red brick parapet wall with moulded granite coping. Red brick wall laid in Flemish Bond having flush pointing to moulded granite plinth course over granite ashlar wall to basement level. Gauged brick flat-arch window openings having patent rendered reveals, painted granite sills and replacement timber sliding sash windows, original eight-over-eight pane to basement level, with steel grilles, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane to lower floors. East window opening to basement adapted to form door opening. Gauged brick round-headed door opening with rendered reveal and painted stone Ionic doorcase, with replacement timber panelled door flanked by engaged Ionic columns, plain glazed sidelights and quarter engaged responding Ionic pilasters supporting fluted stepped lintel cornice and plain fanlight having fluted surround. Neoclassical plasterwork to interior. Door opens onto granite platform with cast-iron bootscraper to west, remains of bootscraper to east, and five granite steps bridging basement. Platform and basement enclosed by original wrought-iron railings and cast-iron corner posts set on granite plinth wall to street with matching iron gate providing basement access. Concrete steps having metal railings to basement. Cast-iron coal hole cover set in pavement to front.