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Harrington Hall — Harcourt Street

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Harrington Hall — Harcourt Street
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Terraced double-pile two-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 slate roof, hipped to rear span, hidden behind refaced brick parapet with granite coping, brick chimneystacks with yellow clay pots to north and south party walls. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, refaced on upper two floors in machine made bricks, masonry plinth course over rendered walls to basement to front (west) elevation. Rendered walls to rear (east) elevation. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, masonry sills and rendered reveals, cast-iron balconettes to first floor. Rendered surrounds to rear and basement openings, having iron grilles affixed to basement. Six-over-six sliding timber sashes, with horns to second floor, three-over-three to third floor with horns. Some recent casements to rear, round-headed multi-paned window to north-bay. Round-headed door opening having moulded linings, engaged Ionic columns supporting fluted frieze with paterae and cornice, cobwebbed fanlight and twelve-panelled timber door with brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scrapers and granite steps flanked by cast-iron railings with decorative corner posts on granite plinth, enclosing basement area to south. Cast-iron coal hole cover to pavement to front and cast-iron lamp standards on granite steps. Street-fronted, located on east side of Harcourt Street.

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