National Rehabilitation Hospital — Rochestown Avenue

Attached three-bay single-storey over part raised basement house, extant 1837, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront on an engaged half-octagonal plan with (single-storey) prostyle distyle portico to ground floor. Sold, 1916, to accommodate alternative use. Renovated. Hipped double-pile (M-profile) slate roof behind parapet with concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered, ruled and lined base with "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice supporting panelled parapet having iron-covered coping. Segmental-headed central door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle distyle portico approached by flight of eight cut-granite steps with moulded surround framing replacement glazed timber door having roundel-detailed overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins. Square-headed opening (first floor) with moulded surround framing glazed timber double doors having margins. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and moulded surrounds with "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed pediments on fluted consoles framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and moulded surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing three-over-three timber sash windows. Set in relandscaped grounds.