house — Merrion Square

Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1790, having bow to western two bays of rear and two-storey addition to third bay. Now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof to front, hipped to east end, behind brick parapet with granite coping, and two hipped roofs to rear perpendicular to street, larger to bow. Brick chimneystack to west with clay pots. Cast-iron rainwater goods to rear elevation. Partly Mansard roof and partly hipped slate roof to addition. Flemish bond red brick walls to front elevation on granite plinth course over painted rendered walls to basement; yellow brick walls to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with rendered reveals and painted granite sills; carved granite block-and-start surrounds with wrought-iron grilles to basement. Replacement timber sliding sash windows to front elevation, three-over-three pane to top floor and one-over-one pane elsewhere; rear having older timber sash windows, bow having three-over-three pane to top floor, six-over-six pane to second floor and nine-over-six pane to first floor, and third bay having replacement windows. Elliptical-headed principal doorway has rendered linings, fluted frieze and cornice, engaged Ionic columns with respond pilasters framing decorative leaded sidelights, petal fanlight and ten-panel timber door with brass furniture. Granite platform with five bull-nosed 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 footpath. Recent two-bay two-storey building on site of former mews house to Fitzwilliam Lane. carparking to rear.