house — Merrion Square

Attached three-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1790 as one of terrace of three (Nos. 41-43), with two-storey over basement return to north end of rear with higher west end and with canted projection to east end of south elevation. Now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof to front, behind refaced brick parapet with granite coping, and having two fully hipped roofs to rear perpendicular to street. Shouldered brick chimneystacks with clay pots. Cast-iron rainwater goods to north end. Flemish bond brown brick walls, refaced above top floor window head, on moulded granite plinth course over rendered basement walling; rendered walling to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with raised rendered reveals and painted granite sills, and with carved granite block-and-start surrounds to basement openings. Timber sliding sash windows, nine-over-six pane to first floor, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane elsewhere; rear has timber sliding sash windows, two-over-two pane to return and tripartite six-over-six pane to south bay of house. Wrought-iron grilles to basement. Tripartite elliptical-headed door opening with render surround, fluted and rosetted frieze over door opening, moulded cornice, engaged Ionic columns with respond pilasters flanking decorative leaded geometric sidelights with swags to frieze, peacock's tail fanlight in fluted surround, and ten-panel timber door with brass furniture. Granite platform with five granite steps. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on moulded granite plinth. Cast-iron coal-hole covers set in granite flags to footpath. Three-bay two-storey possible former mews house to rear of plot. Interior noted by Casey (2005) as having simple neo-Classical detailing.