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End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830, with extensions to rear. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls. Timber sliding sash windows with tooled stone sills. Segmental-headed door opening with timber battened door surmounted by fanlight and concrete step. New extension to rear with pitched roof and concrete block walls. Corrugated-iron extension to rear elevation. Outdoor toilet to yard with pitched slate roof, stone walls and timber battened door.

This modest end-of-terrace building, opposite the crenellated Birr Castle walls, retains much of its original form and fabric. The six-over-six pane timber sash windows and retention of other materials such as the decorative air vent to the base of the wall make a significant contribution to the architectural heritage of the area. This building, and two neighbouring buildings to the north, forms part of the streetscape of a photograph taken by the fourth Earl of Rosse in the 1870s and not forms part of the display in Ireland's Historic Science Centre.