house — Kildare Street

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, dated 1759, having display window to ground floor. Altered in nineteenth century and c. 1990, and now in use as restaurant. M-profile hipped roof running parallel to street, with glazed lanterns to ridge lines, and having parapet to front with masonry coping. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, parapet gutter, and cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling, with applied lettering '1759' towards top of facade; rendered to rear. Projecting concrete canopy spanning ground floor, and smooth rendered and painted walls to ground floor and basement. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted rendered reveals and granite sills, and having decorative cast-iron or mild-steel guard-rails to upper floors. Three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows with horns, having secondary glazing behind, and nine-pane timber casements to basement. Enlarged display window to ground floor with angled sill, projecting painted concrete canopy with geometric motifs and bipartite fixed timber windows, each with six-pane overlight. Round-headed door opening with block-and-start moulded architrave, projecting cornice, leaded fanlight, and bolection-moulded timber panelled door with brass furniture. Accessed via single granite step, with wrought-iron-railings having decorative cast-iron corner posts mounted over granite plinth to basement area. Bronze lamp over doorcase. Abutted by similarly dated and proportioned house to south.