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Sefton sometimes Sefton House — Stillorgan Road

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Sefton sometimes Sefton House — Stillorgan Road
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Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1896; occupied 1901, on a T-shaped plan with two-bay two-storey side elevations; two-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey central return (south). Now disused. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan abutting hipped slate roof (south) with ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stringcourses below corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered quoins to corners supporting rendered band to eaves. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of five cut-granite steps between wrought iron railings with rendered panelled surround centred on keystone framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered lugged surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered lugged surrounds (ground floor) or concealed dressings (first floor) framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site with cut-granite piers to perimeter having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates.

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