O'Connell House — Merrion Square

Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1790 apparently as one in terrace of seventeen, having three-bay two-storey return to rear. Now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof to front, concealed behind brick parapet with granite coping, and two hipped roofs to rear perpendicular to street, larger over western bays. Shouldered brick chimneystacks to west end with clay pots, and concealed rainwater goods. Flemish bond red brick walls on granite plinth course over painted rendered walls to basement. Brick walls, hipped slate roof and timber sliding sash windows to return. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted granite sills and carved granite block-and-start surrounds to basement. Timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane elsewhere, with ornate cast-iron window balconettes to first floor of front elevation, wrought-iron window-guards to second floor of front and rear elevations and recent steel grilles to basement. Round-headed door opening with rendered linings, stepped fluted frieze and moulded cornice with paterae to frieze, engaged Ionic columns with respond pilasters flanking leaded geometric sidelights, petal fanlight and eleven-panel timber door with brass furniture. Granite platform with six bull-nosed granite steps. Wrought-iron railings enclosing basement area with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth. Plaque to front wall reads 'Daniel O'Connell 1775-1847 'The Liberator' lived in this house'. Cast-iron coal-hole covers set in granite flags to footpath. Small garden to rear, with carparking beyond and concrete block boundary wall to lane with steel vehicular gate.