house — Merrion Square

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1760, originally as one house with No. 92. Now in use as offices. Slate roof of three parts, concealed behind granite parapet, front hipped to south end and pitched to north, middle is low-pitched, and rear is hipped and at right angle to street; rendered chimneystacks to north end of front and rear roofs. Flemish bond brown brick walls on granite plinth course over ruled-and-lined rendered walls to basement, quoins of adjoining No. 90 being partly overlain by brickwork of No. 91; rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, having 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 windows to rear, three-over-three pane to top floor and two-over-two pane below. Decorative wrought-iron balconettes to first floor. Round-headed door opening with rendered linings, plain frieze and cornice on Doric columns, cobweb fanlight, and eleven-panel timber door with brass door furniture, with brass night safe to north. Granite platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and four bull-nosed granite steps. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings on carved granite plinth. Abutted to rear, with carparking to rear of plot.