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Insomnia — South Leinster Street

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Insomnia — South Leinster Street
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Terraced two-bay four-storey former house, built c.1800, having return to rear (north) elevation. Refaced and shopfront added to front (south) elevation c.1890. Fasciae added to first and second floors, c.1935. Recent roof addition, c. 2010. Later in use as shop, now in use as café to ground floor and dental hospital to upper floors. Shared pitched slate roof concealed behind open red brick and terracotta parapet, with round-headed openings, render coping, lead flashing, pedimented breakfront and panels having marigold details. Recent metal clad roof addition to north pitch. Shared rendered chimneystacks, shared cast-iron rainwater goods to façade. Moulded red brick eaves course with sawtooth motif over red brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls, having red brick terminating pilasters. Square-headed window openings with continuous sill courses to second and third floors, terracotta keystones and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to third floor. Square-headed window openings to first and second floors having fixed pane timber framed display windows with glass fasciae having gold-leaf lettering and carved timber surrounds. Square-headed window openings to rear having replacement timber framed casement windows and granite sills. Masonry shopfront comprising pilasters with fluted pedimented consoles, flanking recent fascia and carved timber cornice, with replacement shopfront within. Street fronted, set at east end of South Leinster Street at junction with Lincoln Place.

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