house — Merrion Square

Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1790 as part of terrace of eight (Nos. 80-87), having bowed rear elevation occupying two western bays, and with flat-roofed two and three-storey extension to rear of eastern bay. Now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof to front, behind reconstructed Flemish bond brown brick parapet with granite coping, and two hipped roofs to rear perpendicular to street, curved over bow, and higher eastern roof shared with neighbouring property. Chimneystacks to west party wall, shouldered brown brick chimneystack to west with terracotta pots. Concealed gutters and replacement uPVC downpipes. Flemish bond brown brick walls, tuck-pointed to ground and first floors, with moulded granite plinth, and having ruled-and-lined painted rendered walls to basement. Slightly camber-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with plain reveals, soldier arches and granite sills, and having exposed granite block-and-start surrounds to basement. Timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three pane to top floor, six-over-six pane to basement with wrought-iron grilles, and one-over-one pane elsewhere to front elevation; rear elevation east bay has three-over-three pane window to top floor and top of round-headed stairs window visible below; tripartite windows to bow, three-over-three pane to top floor, six-over-six pane to ground and second floors, and nine-over-six pane to first floor. Round-headed recessed doorcase with moulded architrave, Ionic columns, fluted frieze and moulded entablature, plain fanlight and eight-panel timber door with brass furniture. Granite platform with cast-iron boot-scrapes and five granite steps. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth. Timber panelled door to front basement level. Yard to rear.