house — Clontarf Road

Terraced two-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1845 as one of five, with attic accommodation, and having return to rear (north) elevation. Pitched artificial slate roof, having rendered chimneystack to east end with clay pots, hidden behind rendered parapet with moulded render cornice and eaves course. Ruled-and-lined rendered walling to front, with moulded render platband at first floor sill level, on moulded render plinth course over rendered basement walling. Square-headed window openings with moulded render architraves to ground and first floors, granite sills to basement and ground floor and continuous moulded render sill course to first floor; timber sliding sash windows to front elevation, six-over-six pane to ground and first floors, margined to ground, and ten-over-ten pane to basement; round and square-headed window openings apparent to rear. Elliptical-headed doorway with moulded render surround, carved timber doorcase comprising panelled pilasters with scrolled brackets supporting panelled frieze and leaded fanlight with some hand-painted glass, and timber panelled door. Entrance approached by shared flight of ten nosed granite steps, platform having decorative cast-iron bootscrape and decorative cast-iron railings with ornate end panel to east. Garden to front, bounded to footpath by panelled rendered wall with granite coping, and having square-plan panelled rendered piers and cast-iron gate.