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house — Leeson Street Lower

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Terraced two-bay four-storey over basement former townhouse, built c. 1800, now in use as a school. Full-height recent extensions to rear. T-plan pitched roof, hidden behind refaced brick parapet with granite coping, having rendered chimneystacks with clay pots to east party wall and projecting from rear (north) elevation, parapet gutters and uPVC rainwater goods breaking through to east end. Brown brick walls laid in Flemish bond with granite plinth course over rendered walls to basement. Square-headed window openings with granite sills, brick voussoirs and patent reveals. Largely six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with convex horns, three-over-three to third floor. Decorative curved iron balconettes to first floor. Round-headed door opening with brick voussoirs, rendered reveals and Tuscan columns supporting plain frieze and cornice, having petal fanlight with fluted coving and raised-and-fielded timber-panelled door. Shared granite entrance platform with granite steps flanked by iron railings with decorative corner posts on granite plinth, continuing to east to enclose basement area.

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