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Corner-sited five-bay four-storey house over basement, built c.1810, having single bay to Mountjoy Square and three bays with central doorway to Great Charles Street, and now also incorporating two-bay house to east. Now in use as language school. Pitched natural slate roof with brick chimneystacks having lipped clay pots behind rebuilt yellow brick granite-capped parapet having two sets of cast-iron hoppers and downpipes breaking through. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond to both elevations, to painted granite plinth course over rendered basement. Guaged brick flat-arched window openings with painted patent reveals and painted granite sills, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows throughout, excepting three-over-three pane to top floor, and with cast-iron balconettes to first floor windows. Round-arched door opening with rendered reveal and painted masonry doorcase. Engaged Ionic pillars with responding pilasters flanking blocked-up sidelights, supporting supporting lintel cornice with fluting and paterae broken back over door and supporting simple spoked fanlight. Door opens onto granite platform having inset Victorian tiled panel and flight of five lipped granite steps bridging basement. Platform flanked by wrought-iron railings with corner newel posts, returning to each side on painted granite plinth walls to enclose basement area with new granite flags, and open under steps. Matching gate to basement to east.
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