house — Howth Road

Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1870 as one of pair, having return to rear (southeast) elevation. Hipped artificial slate roof with red clay ridge tiles and ridge cresting, brick chimneystacks with clay pots to southwest end, terracotta eaves course having moulded red brick stringcourse and stepped brick cornice, profiled cast-iron rainwater goods, and with hipped roof apparent to return. Red brick walling to front elevation, laid in Flemish bond to upper floors, on cut granite plinth over snecked granite walls, having red brick to quoins and opening surrounds to basement; rendered walls to side and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings to basement and ground floor, shouldered to first floor with moulded brick to upper corners, granite sills, red brick surrounds to basement; camber-arch to first floor of entrance bay with moulded brick sill and brick pilasters; one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, except for two-over-two pane to one basement opening. Camber-arch doorway, paired with that of neighbour and set within slightly projecting brick setting, each doorway having chamfered brick reveals, brick voussoirs and keystone, brick pilasters with fluted capitals, scrolled terracotta bracket to outer ends supporting brick and terracotta pediment with ball finial; shared pilaster to middle has terracotta panel above. Plain fanlight to replacement panelled door, approached by shared flight of eleven granite steps and platform having wrought-iron handrails, with decorative feet on granite plinth wall to one side and decorative elements to wrought-iron railing to other (terminating in rosettes to facade). Garden to front, bounded by decorative cast-iron railings on carved granite plinth wall, with matching gate.