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Terraced five-bay two-storey house, c.1795, with square-headed door opening approached by flight of steps and segmental-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Extensively renovated, c.1995. Gable-ended roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1995. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1995, on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Rendered quoins to ends. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed door opening approached by flight of five stone steps having iron railings. Timber panelled door. Decorative overlight. Segmental-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Timber boarded doors. Road fronted. Concrete flagged footpath to front.

This house is a fine, substantial residence of a graceful balanced proportions and Classically-derived detailing. The house is of social and historic interest as part of a group of late eighteenth-century terraced houses that form the core of the earliest part of Rathangan. Renovated in the late twentieth century, the replacement fenestration does not complement the original integrity of the design and the house would benefit from the re-instatement of traditional-style timber fenestration. The house retains some important early or original features, including the furniture to the door opening having a delicate overlight. The house is an integral component of the streetscape of Leinster Street, continuing the established streetline of the terrace while contributing to the regular roofline of the street.