house — Merrion Square

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1790 as one of three (Nos. 50-52), rear projecting from line of buildings to north and having various additions. Now in use as offices. Pitched roof to front span, hipped to north end, behind brick parapet with granite coping, and hipped roof to rear perpendicular to street, with glazed roof in between. Rebuilt brick chimneystacks to party walls and rendered base to south, with clay and terracotta pots. Concealed rainwater goods. Flemish bond red brick walling on painted moulded granite plinth course over ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling; rendered walling to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted rendered reveals and painted granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to basement without horns, and replacement one-over-one pane elsewhere with ogee horns. Wrought-iron grille to basement. Tripartite six-over-six pane windows to rear. Tripartite elliptical-headed painted masonry doorcase with moulded render reveal, engaged Adamesque Ionic columns and respondent quarter-pilasters, stepped entablature with festooned and rosetted frieze, plain fanlight with toothed architrave, decorative oval-and-diamond leaded sidelights and nine-panel timber door with recent brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with two bull-nosed steps to street. Basement area enclosed by wrought-iron railings with decorative cast-iron posts on painted moulded granite plinth. Replacement timber door and window beneath entrance platform. carparking to rear of plot.