house — Merrion Street Upper

Attached three-bay four-storey house over basement, built c. 1755. Three pitched natural slate roofs aligned parallel to street, central pitch narrower, all hipped to north end. Two large brown brick chimneystacks with clay pots to south party wall, positioned centrally on two principal roofs, and concealed rainwater goods set behind reconstructed Flemish bond brown brick parapet wall with masonry coping. Flemish bond brown brick walling on granite plinth, with painted rendered walling to basement. Square-headed window openings, diminishing to upper floors, with painted rendered reveals, painted granite sills and timber sliding sash windows with horns, six-over-six pane to basement and second floor, nine-over-nine pane to first floor and three-over-three pane to top floor, with cast-iron grilles to basement openings. Painted pedimented doorcase with partly engaged Doric columns supporting open-bed pediment, moulded cornice, radial fanlight, ovolo-moulded architrave, and twelve-panel timber door with weatherboard and brass furniture, including door knocker, letterbox, knob and number. Door opens onto granite platform bridging basement, with three steps to street level. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron corner posts on moulded granite plinth wall. Interior has fluted marble fireplace and good neo-Classical ceiling of bay-leaf roundels and musical instruments to front first floor room.