Lisnevagh — Howth Road

Terraced two-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1900 as one of twelve, having two-storey return to rear (southeast) elevation. Now in use as apartments. M-profile pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks to gable and party walls, having clay pots to southwest, moulded white brick eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with pitched roof to return. Red brick walling, laid in Flemish bond, to front elevation, on granite plinth course over rusticated granite basement walling, and rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings with granite sills and replacement aluminium to front and replacement uPVC to rear, and having red brick surround to basement window. Segmental-headed entrance opening to deeply recessed porch, within slightly projecting frame encompassing doorway to neighbouring house and having moulded brick pilasters with stop-chamfer detail to arrises and moulded brick cornice. Square-headed doorway to interior of porch, with moulded masonry surround, glazed transom and overlights, and original timber panelled door, with sidelights. Porch has decorative plaster cornice to ceiling and terracotta tiles to floor. Entrance approached by shared flight of eleven nosed granite steps with half-landing, having ornate cast-iron railings to one side on cut granite plinth wall. Plain wrought-iron railings to pathway to street. Garden to front, bounded to street by cast-iron railings on cut granite plinth wall with matching gate set to cast-iron posts, with single granite step to footpath.