Thomond House — North Great George's Street

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over basement, built c.1785. Now in multiple occupancy. Interior extensively renovated c.1950. Pitched natural slate roof, hipped to north, behind parapet wall with moulded granite ashlar coping. Stepped rendered and red brick chimneystacks with clay pots to party wall, shared with No. 16. Handmade red brick walls laid in Flemish bond on moulded granite plinth course over wet-dash rendered walls to basement level. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with patent rendered reveals and painted granite sills. Replacement timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to with nine-over-nine to first floor. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor and wrought-iron window guards to second floor. Gauged brick round-headed door opening with painted stone doorcase. Replacement painted timber panelled door flanked by engaged Ionic columns and sidelights with responding quarter-engaged pilasters, columns supporting full entablature with replacement fanlight. Door opens onto granite-flagged platform with cast-iron bootscraper and four nosed granite steps, bridging the basement, enclosed to either side by original wrought-iron railings on moulded granite plinth wall and cast-iron corner posts. Railing encloses basement area with matching iron gate, giving access to the basement via modern steel staircase.