house — Parnell Square North

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, built 1763-4, as part of terrace to west of Charlemont House, formerly in use as school. Vacant at time of survey. Building aligned with, and accessed from adjoining property, No. 24, to west. Hipped slate and recent flat bitumen roof concealed behind red brick parapet wall with squared granite coping over moulded rendered cornice. Rendered chimneystack with clay pots to western boundary wall, stepped rendered brick chimneystack with lipped clay pots to east. Flemish bond red brick walls with rusticated granite wall on plinth to ground floor over rendered basement. Diminishing square-headed window openings with rendered architraves and rendered granite sills to first, second and third floors. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows throughout, lead-lined to ground floor. Round-headed recesses housing window openings to ground floor, having rusticated limestone surrounds with projecting lintels. Decorative curved cast-iron balconettes to first floor window openings. No entrance to ground floor. Recessed square-headed door opening with flush reveals to basement having replacement glazed timber door. Spearheaded cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth enclosing basement area, with cast-iron ornamental corner piers on moulded granite bases.