Irish Museum of Modern Art — Military Road

Attached five-bay two-storey former adjutant general’s house, built 1805, having full-height central breakfront and carved granite portico to front (north) elevation, return to rear (south) elevation. Now in use as museum offices. Hipped slate roof, conical rooflight to rear, cut granite chimneystacks, decorative clay chimney pots, clay ridge tiles, carved granite eaves course to front and west elevation, cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls, granite plinth course and platband. Square-headed window openings, raised render reveals, granite sills and six-over-six pane timber sash windows. Recess to first floor of breakfront, having ten-over-ten pane timber sash window. Elliptical-headed door opening to front, timber door surround, timber panelled door opening onto render step, remains of cast-iron bootscrape. Distyle portico comprising Tuscan columns supporting inscribed frieze and cornice with mutules. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuildings adjoining east elevation, with hipped roofs having cast-iron rainwater goods and terracotta ridge tiles, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window openings with render sills and timber sash windows.