Royal Irish Academy of Music — Westland Row

Terraced four-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, built c. 1775. Pair of two-bay four-storey former townhouses, built c. 1800, adjoining to north, now all in single use as a music academy. Four-bay house comprising pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and moulded render parapet cornice. Red brick Flemish bond walls with granite quoins, refaced in mid twentieth century, to upper floors. Chamfered ashlar granite to ground floor. Round-headed window openings to ground and first floors, having granite sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with fanlights. Render surrounds to first floor openings. Square-headed window openings to second and third floors, having granite sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to second floor, and three-over-six pane windows to third floor. Tripartite entrance comprising square-headed door opening with timber panelled door having plain fanlight and flanked by timber glazed sidelights with granite sills. Entrance approached by pair of granite steps and threshold. Cast-iron railings set on granite plinth surrounding basement area. Retaining significant interior features, including decorative plasterwork and joinery. Pair of adjoining two-bay former townhouses having pitched slate roofs, red brick chimneystacks, rendered parapet with granite coping and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having granite sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, with three-over-three pane windows to third floor. Round-headed doors openings with flanking Ionic columns supporting moulded entablatures, having timber panelled doors with plain and petal fanlights. Entrances approached by granite thresholds and step. Cast-iron railings set on granite plinths surrounding basement areas.