house — Merrion Square

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1760, originally as single house with No. 91, projecting from street line. Now in use as offices. Slate roof, concealed behind granite parapet, front part hipped to north end and pitched to south and parallel to street and that to rear being perpendicular to street. Rendered chimneystacks to party walls. Flemish bond brown brick walls over granite plinth course and having ruled-and-lined rendered walls to basement. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with patent reveals, painted granite sills and timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane elsewhere; apparently timber sash to rear, three-over-three pane to top floor and one-over-one pane below. Decorative wrought-iron balconettes to first floor. Round-headed door opening with rendered linings, plain frieze and cornice, shallow portico supported by fluted Doric columns, plain fanlight, and recent eleven-panel timber door with brass door furniture. Granite platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and four bull-nosed granite steps flanked by cast-iron spearhead railings on carved granite plinth enclosing basement area. Abutted at rear, with carparking to rear of plot.