house — Drumcondra Road Lower

End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey former house over basement, built c. 1860 as one of six. Now in use as flats. M-profile pitched slate roof, having red brick parapet with cut granite coping, and red brick chimneystacks with terracotta pots. Red brick walling, laid in Flemish bond to front (west) and side (south) elevations, having cut granite plinth course over rusticated granite ashlar basement walling to front; snecked granite walls to basement to side, and granite quoins to southwest corner; brown brick walling, laid in English Garden wall bond to rear. Segmental-headed window openings with rendered reveals and granite sills to ground and first floors of front, and square-headed opening to basement, latter with rendered reveals, red brick surround and timber panelled shutters; two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows; square and round-headed window openings to rear, with cut granite sills and rendered reveals, and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. 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 with ruled-and-lined rendered walls beneath, and square-headed replacement timber door. Cast and wrought-iron railings on cut granite plinth to flight of nine nosed granite steps. Quarry-tiled path and cast-iron gate to front, with matching railings set on cut granite plinth wall. Rock-faced granite ashlar boundary wall with granite copings terminating in red brick piers having pointed granite copings to side. Stands at corner of Drumcondra Road Lower and unnamed laneway leading to Archbishop's House.