house — Blessington Street

Pair of terraced two-bay three-storey over basement former houses, built c.1800, now in use as flats. Pitched M-profile roof having parapet to front (south) elevation with cut granite capping. Brown brick chimneystacks having clay chimneypots. Brown and red brick walls laid in Flemish bond having recent stone cladding to ground floor of no.29. Cut granite plinth course over rendered walls to basement. Square-headed window openings having patent reveals and cut granite sills. Cast-iron balconettes to first floor windows of no.28. One-over-one pane timber sash windows to no.28, two-over-two panes to second floor, eight-over-four pane timber sash window to basement of no.28. Replacement uPVC windows to no.29. Round-arched door openings having painted masonry surround with engaged columns supporting plain frieze and cornice. Plain fanlights. Cut granite steps to entrance platforms. Basement areas enclosed from pavement and entrance platform by cut granite plinth wall with cast-iron railings to no.29 and recent metal panels to no.28. Access to basement area of no.29 from pavement level by concrete stairs. Cast-iron coal-hole covers set in granite paving to front.