Young Women's Christian Association — Baggot Street Lower

Attached three-bay three-storey former house over basement, built c. 1830, having flat-roofed three-storey return to west end of rear. Now in use as hostel. Pitched single-span roof with dormer windows front and rear, behind brick parapet with granite coping, shouldered brick chimneystacks with clay pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods to east. Flemish bond brown brick walls on granite plinth course over painted rendered basement walls. Square-headed window openings with raised rendered reveals and painted granite sills. Timber sliding sash windows, one-over-one pane to basement and two-over-two pane elsewhere to front; two-over-two pane timber sash windows to rear. Round-headed tripartite doorcase with rendered surround, fluted frieze and cornice, Ionic columns with respond pilasters framing sidelights, elaborate fanlight and eleven-panel timber door. Stone name plaque over door. Sandstone platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and two granite steps. Wrought-iron railings with decorative corner posts on moulded granite plinth enclosing basement area. Wrought-iron gate and concrete steps with simple metal rail lead down to basement area, latter with stone flags. Additions to rear and recent two-storey building to rear of plot.