Unity House — North Great George's Street

Terraced two-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, built 1787. Now in use as commercial office space, having later bow-fronted single-storey addition to rear. Pitched slate roof having red brick parapet wall with moulded granite coping and shared stepped rendered chimneystack. Flemish bond red brick walls having moulded granite plinth course over rendered basement level. Diminishing square-headed window openings with red brick surrounds, gauged red brick voussoirs, rendered reveals and granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows, nine-over-six pane to first and second floors, six-over-six pane to second floor, and three-over-three pane to top floor. Round-headed door opening within painted tooled stone doorcase comprising moulded surround, engaged Ionic columns on plinth blocks, ornamented lintel and cornice surmounted by cobweb fanlight. Replacement timber panelled door opening onto granite platform with cast-iron bootscraper and stepped approach bridging basement area. Approach flanked by moulded granite plinth with wrought-iron railings and cast-iron lamp standards. Interior hall retains moulded skirting and dado rail with door opening to stair hall having original six-panel door, flanked by timber panels with inset pointed arches, Corinthian pilasters and frieze with urns and confronted griffins. Ornate neo-Classical plaster ceilings to two rooms by Michael Stapleton, front room having octagonal ceiling with central foliate rose, borders of lyres and foliated brackets. Rear room having circular and chamfered frames, foliation and central rose.