house — Leeson Street Lower

Terraced three-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1800, with two-storey return to rear (north) elevation having corrugated-iron built sanitary out-shoot. Now in use as offices. M-profile roof, hipped to west end, concealed by refaced brick parapet with masonry coping, shouldered chimneystacks (brick to south, rendered to north) to east party wall with red brick coping and lipped yellow clay pots. Parapet gutters with uPVC downpipe to rear (north). Brown brick walling laid in Flemish bond (refaced to third floor), rendered basement walls beneath granite plinth course. Rendered walls to rear (north). Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, patent reveals and granite sills. Plain rendered surrounds to rear (north) and basement of south elevation, one round-headed opening to second floor rear. Largely one-over-one sliding timber sashes with horns (ogee to ground and first floors, convex to upper floors), replacement multi-paned timber casement windows to basement. Some recent timber casements to rear (north). Iron guard rails to second floor windows on south elevation. Round-headed door opening to principal elevation (south) with brick voussoirs, reveals, moulded cornice over fluted frieze with rosettes, carried on replacement piers flanked by plain sidelights with replacement plain fanlight over timber panelled door. Granite entrance platform with cast-iron boot scraper, approached by three granite steps, flanked by iron railings with decorative cast-iron corner posts over granite plinth enclosing basement area. Concrete steps to basement with replacement door beneath entrance platform. Enclosed yard to rear (north).