house — Baggot Street Lower

Terraced two-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, built c. 1810, with two-stage return with recent extension abuts to east-side of rear (south) elevation. Now in use as offices. M-profile slate roof, hipped to east-end, rendered chimneystacks to west party wall with clay pots, concealed behind rebuilt brick parapet with granite coping, concealed gutters with cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Buff brick walling laid in Flemish bond, rendered walling to basement with granite stringcourse over and iron pattress plates to principal (north) elevation; render to rear elevation. Square-headed window openings with projecting granite sills, patent reveals and brick voussoirs, openings diminishing to the upper floors. Plain rendered surrounds to basement and rear (south) openings. Largely six-over-six timber sliding sash windows generally with horns; three-over-three to third floor, six-over-three to basement (partially bricked up) with iron grilles fixed to sill, two-over-two to rear ground floor, partially blocked round-headed window opening to stairwell landing level bisected by recent return, number of uPVC and timber casements to rear return. Round-headed door opening to eastern bay of principal elevation with Neo-classical doorcase comprising rendered reveal, moulded cornice over fluted frieze supported on engaged Ionic columns with plinth stops and cobwebbed leaded fanlight over ten-panelled timber door with brass furniture. Paved granite entrance platform, with cast-iron boot scraper, accessed from street by two granite steps, flanked by cast-iron railings on granite plinth, enclosing basement well to west. Street fronted onto the south side of Baggot Street Lower, abutted by similar terraces to east and west.