house — Saint Stephen's Green

Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1790 as one of pair with No. 22. Fully abutted to rear. Now in use as offices. Slate roof, pitched to front and parallel to street, behind red brick parapet with concrete coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods; two unequal hipped roofs to rear, perpendicular to street, with leaded valley between; tall shouldered rendered chimneystack to west and red brick chimneystack to east. Flemish bond red brick walling, partly rebuilt above top floor sill level, tooled ashlar limestone to basement with granite coping, and rendered walling below bridged entrance. Square-headed window openings with painted rendered reveals, granite sills, having granite block-and-start surrounds to basement; timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane elsewhere. Round-headed entrance doorway with painted doorcase having engaged Adamesque Ionic columns with pilaster responds flanking round-headed sidelights, with fluted entablature and stepped cornice, cobweb fanlight with fluted archivolt, and door having four raised panels and brass furniture. Granite platform bridging basement, with nine granite steps. Wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on granite plinth wall with moulded granite coping, and basement accessed by wrought-iron gate and concrete steps.