house — Merrion Street Upper

Corner-sited three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1780 as one in unequal pair with No. 31, having three-storey return of c. 1920 to rear. Now in commercial office use. Slate roof with cat-slide section, behind rebuilt parapet with concrete coping, and having lean-to section to north end of rear. Brown brick chimneystacks with terracotta pots to party wall, south gable and to rear; parapet gutters, cast-iron rainwater goods to south gable and hipped roof to return. Flemish bond red brick walling to front elevation on granite plinth over ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling; brown brick to south gable; rendered to rear; return having recently refaced red brick to south elevation and rendered walling to other walls. South elevation of rear has blocked-up window opening to top floor and segmental-arch opening to ground floor. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns, three-over-three pane to top floor, six-over-six pane elsewhere; south elevation having similar top and second floors, and nine-over-six pane to lower floors. Wrought-iron grilles to basement and decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor. Round-headed doorcase having moulded rendered reveals, pro-style Ionic columns, plain entablature, decorative replacement fanlight and eleven-panel timber door with plain brass furniture. Granite platform bridging basement, with cast-iron boot-scrape and four steps to street. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth, wrought-iron gate and concrete steps to basement, and replacement timber panelled door beneath entrance platform.