house — Merrion Street Upper

Corner-sited two-bay four-storey former house over concealed basement, built c. 1800 as one of pair, having full-height single-bay return to rear shared with No. 18. Now in use as café, with restaurant above. Gable-fronted elevation to south, western half slightly advanced. Pitched slate roof, hipped to north, behind rebuilt red brick parapet with masonry coping; south elevation presenting gable to street. Red brick chimneystack to south gable with masonry cap and replacement pots. Flemish bond red brick walling to front elevation, unpainted ruled-and-lined rendered walling to south elevation and rendered to rear and to return. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, and round-headed window openings to middle floors of south elevation (east end), with painted masonry sills and painted rendered reveals. Timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three pane to top floor, two-over-two pane to middle of top floor to south elevation and six-over-six pane elsewhere, with Gothic glazing to fanlights of round-headed windows, and recent replacement metal casements to top floor. Recent render shopfront to ground floor of front and south elevations. Doorway to south elevation serving upper floors and having flanking painted rendered pilasters and double-leaf timber panelled door, with recent awning. Cast-iron pavement lights to basement.