house — Baggot Street Lower

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1800 as one of three (Nos. 37-39)and having four-storey addition to rear. Now in use as offices. M-profile pitched slate roof, behind brick parapet with granite coping, having flat-roofed addition to valley. Shouldered rendered chimneystacks to east party wall with clay pots; concealed rainwater goods. Flemish bond brown brick walls above painted granite sill course to first floor, channelled rendered walling to ground floor on granite plinth over painted rendered basement walls; rendered walls to rear elevation. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, having rendered reveals, voussoirs and painted granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to top two floors and to basement, lacking horns to second floor, one-over-one pane to ground and first floors lacking horns; rear elevation has three-over-three pane to top floor and eight-over-eight pane to first and second floors. Wrought-iron balconettes to first floor and wrought-iron window-guards to second floor. Round-headed door opening with moulded rendered surround, fluted frieze and cornice on engaged Ionic columns, decorative batwing fanlight and ten-panel timber door with recent brass furniture. Granite platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and two granite steps. Wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth enclosing basement area. Rear plot amalgamated with No. 38, with carparking, having vehicular entrance to lane.