house — Mountjoy Square South

Terraced three-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, built, c.1790, on south side of Mountjoy Square. Now in multiple occupancy. M-profile slate roof with black clay ridge tiles with rendered brick chimneystack to east and rebuilt red brick chimneystack to west. Roof hidden behind rebuilt brick parapet wall with granite coping and cast-iron hopper and downpipe breaking through to west end. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, rebuilt to top floor. Painted moulded granite plinth course above ruled-and-lined rendered basement walls. Diminishing gauged brick flat-arch window openings with patent rendered reveals, granite sills and replacement timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three pane to top floor, one-over-one to second and ground floors and two-over-four pane to first floor. Original wrought-iron window guards to second and third floors. Granite surrounds to basement windows. Gauged brick round-headed door opening with moulded reveal and painted Portland stone doorcase. Original timber door with eight raised-and-fielded panels flanked by engaged Ionic columns, plain sidelights and responding quarter-engaged Ionic pilasters supporting stepped lintel cornice, fluted over sidelights with garlands to centre, and plain fanlight. Door opens onto granite platform and two granite steps bridging basement. Platform and basement area enclosed by original wrought-iron railings and cast-iron corner posts on moulded granite plinth wall. Matching iron gate gives access to basement via concrete steps. Two-storey return with long canted bay to rear having hipped slated roof.