ISME — Kildare Street

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1745, four-storey rear return. Now in office use. Flat roof, behind reconstructed parapet with cement coping and concealed rainwater goods. Flemish bond red brick walling, recently sand-blasted and strap-pointed, over painted ashlar coping to painted render walling to basement. Square-headed window openings with plain rendered reveals, granite sills and replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, diminishing in height to upper floors; timber sash windows to rear, including round-headed stairs window. Segmental-headed door opening in ashlar granite doorcase having panelled pilasters, open-bed pediment on console brackets, plain fanlight and six-panel timber door with replacement chrome furniture. Door opens onto partially rendered platform bridging basement, with two granite steps to street level. Basement area enclosed by decorative cast-iron railings with corner posts on chamfered granite plinth. Separate cast-iron entrance gate and recent steel steps access basement from street level. Large gabled building to rear of plots of Nos. 17-19.