house — Merrion Square

Attached two-bay five-storey former house over basement, built c. 1790 and remodelled in nineteenth century, two-storey return to rear. Although adapted as flats in 1931, now in use as offices. M-plan slate pitched roof, hipped to west ends, behind carved granite parapet with granite coping; parapet to rear recently rebuilt and having granite coping. Brick chimneystacks to east with clay pots. Mainly cast-iron rainwater goods to rear elevation. Flemish bond brown brick walling on granite plinth course over painted rendered walls to basement. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with raised rendered reveals and painted granite sills; carved granite block-and-start surrounds and wrought-iron grilles to basement. Timber sliding sash windows, front elevation having six-over-six pane windows to basement and ground floors, one-over-one pane to first and top floors and two-over-two pane to second and third floors; rear elevation has three-over-three pane and one-over-one pane to top floor, six-over-six pane to third floor and two-over-two horizontal-pane to lower floors. Decorative wrought-iron balconettes to first to third floors of front elevation and to ground and first floors of rear elevation. Round-headed principal doorway with rendered linings, fluted frieze and cornice, engaged Doric columns with acanthus capitals, plain fanlight in coved surround and nine-panel timber door with brass furniture. Granite platform with cast-iron boot-scrapes and four granite steps. Wrought-iron railings enclosing basement area with decorative cast-iron posts on carved granite plinth. Cast-iron coal-hole covers set in granite flags to pavement. Recent red brick public house occupying site of former mews house to rear on Fitzwilliam Lane. carparking to rear.