house — Drumcondra Road Lower

Terraced two-bay two-storey former house over basement, built c. 1860 as one of six. Now in use as flats. Pitched M-profile roof having brick parapet with cut granite coping, and rendered chimneystack. Red brick walls, laid in Flemish bond, having cut granite plinth course over rusticated granite ashlar basement walling to front (west) elevation. Segmental-headed window openings with rendered reveals and granite sills to front, with square-headed opening to basement, latter with rendered reveals and red brick surround; replacement timber two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to ground and first floors, and replacement uPVC to basement; square and round-headed window openings apparent to rear, with three-over-three pane, six-over-six pane and two-over-two pane frames. Elliptical-headed doorway with render reveals 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 having ruled-and-lined rendered walls beneath with square-headed replacement door. Cast and wrought-iron railings on cut granite plinth to flight of nine nosed granite steps, having cast-iron coal-hole cover and remains of cast-iron bootscrape. Cast-iron gate to front, with matching railings set on cut granite plinth wall.