house — Drumcondra Road Lower

Terraced two-bay two-storey former house over basement, built c. 1860 as one of six, having return to rear (east) elevation. Now in use as flats. Pitched M-profile roof with red brick parapet having cut granite coping, and shared red brick chimneystack. Red brick walling, laid in Flemish bond, with cut granite plinth course over rusticated granite basement walling to front elevation. Segmental-headed window openings with rendered reveals and granite sills to ground and first floors and square-headed opening to basement, latter with rendered reveals and red brick surround, all with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows; square and round-headed window openings apparent to rear, with three-over-three pane, six-over-six pane and two-over-two pane windows. Elliptical-headed doorway with moulded render surround and doorcase comprising timber panelled pilasters, fluted brackets with foliate and acanthus leaf detail, moulded cornice, timber panelled door and plain fanlight. Granite paved platform with ruled-and-lined rendered walls and square-headed doorway beneath with replacement timber panelled door. Cast and wrought-iron railings on cut granite plinth to flight of nosed granite steps. Quarry-tiled path and cast-iron gate to front, with matching railings set on cut granite wall.