Gannons Buildings — Phibsborough Road

Terrace of four two-bay two-storey houses over basements, built c.1830. Pitched slate roof, raised yellow brick parapet wall with granite coping, terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks having clay chimneypots. Yellow brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls, carved granite plinth course over rendered or rubble stone walls to basement areas to front (east) elevation. Inscribed render name plaque to front of Nos.26/27: ‘GANNONS BUILDINGS’. Rendered wall to south elevation. Square-headed window openings, raised render reveals, painted masonry sills, timber sash windows to No.26: six-over-six pane to first floor, eight-over-eight pane to ground floor, replacement uPVC and timber-framed windows otherwise. Elliptical-arched door openings to No. 26, No.27, and No.28 with yellow brick voussoirs, moulded masonry surrounds, spoked fanlights. Doorcase to No.27 comprising panelled pilasters and scrolled consoles supporting lintel cornice, half-glazed timber panelled door. Round-arched door opening to No.29, yellow brick voussoirs, render surround, plain fanlight. Timber panelled doors opening onto render platforms, rendered steps to front, flanked by wrought-iron handrails. Wrought-iron pedestrian gates having matching railings on painted masonry plinth wall to front.