Harrington Hall — Harcourt Street

Terraced double-pile three-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1800, with two-storey return to rear (east) elevation. Now in use as hotel. M-profile pitched roof, hipped to rear span, hidden behind refaced brick parapet with granite coping, brick chimneystacks with yellow clay pots to south party wall and rendered chimneystack to north. Concealed rainwater goods, cast-iron downpipes to rear. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, refaced on upper floors, over masonry plinth course; rendered walls to basement of front (west) elevation and throughout rear (east) elevation. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, masonry sills, rendered reveals and bowed decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor openings. Rendered surrounds to basement openings. Nine-over-six pane sliding timber sashes to first floor; remainder have horns with one-over-one to ground floor, six-over-six to second floor and three-over-three to third floor. Some recent casements to rear, round-headed multi-paned sash without horns to north-bay. Round-headed door opening having brick voussoirs, engaged Ionic columns and respond pilasters supporting fluted frieze with paterae and cornice, spoked fanlight with fluted surround and ribbed coving with raised lettering ‘HARRINGTON HALL’. Columns flanked by recessed sidelights having decorative oval ironwork and timber panelled door. Granite entrance platform and granite steps to street, flanking cast-iron lamps standards and by mild-steel railings on painted granite plinth with decorative cast-iron corner posts, enclosing basement well to south. Decorative plasterwork cornice and ceiling to entrance hall. Street-fronted, located on east side of Harcourt Street.