house — Mountjoy Square South

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, built c.1795, with recent single-bay four-storey extension to rear. Now in use as offices and apartments. M-profile roof of unknown material with pitch to fore and hipped component to rear, two stepped and partially rendered red brick chimneystacks with clay pots to east party wall. Red brick parapet wall with squared granite coping having cast-iron rainwater goods breaking through parapet and to rear (south) elevation. Flemish bond red brick walls with granite plinth course over rendered walls to basement area. Rear (south) elevation rendered. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings with rendered reveals and granite sills. Early replacement timber sliding sash windows to front (north) elevation, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane to other floors. Cast-iron grilles to basement windows. Original six-pane sidelight to basement entry and original timber sash windows to rear elevation, latter having six-over-six pane windows to lower floors and three-over-three pane to top floor. Replacement round-headed windows to half-landings. Round-headed door opening with gauged brick voussoirs and painted stone doorcase comprising replacement timber panelled door flanked by engaged Ionic columns on plinth blocks flanked by blind sidelights, with stucco lintel cornice forming support to replacement fanlight with timber glazing bars. Door opens onto granite-flagged platform, having granite-stepped approach bridging basement area. Approach flanked by wrought-iron railings with cast-iron corner finials on moulded plinth and matching gate giving access to limestone-flagged basement via recent steel staircase. Square-headed door opening to basement area having rendered reveals and battened timber door. Rear of site largely undeveloped, flanked by masonry walls and enclosed by steel gate.