Survey Data
Reg No
50060594
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
The Meeting Place
Original Use
House
In Use As
Public house
Date
1780 - 1800
Coordinates
315507, 235298
Date Recorded
03/09/2014
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace two-bay four-storey Georgian townhouse over basement, built c.1790, with pub-front inserted to ground floor c.1850. Flat-roof two-storey return abuts to rear. M-profile artificial slate roofs, hipped to south. Gutters concealed behind parapets, with painted stone coping. uPVC downpipe to return. Walling is painted ruled-and-lined rendered over Flemish bonded brick, with stepped quoins to outer edges, and with smooth unpainted walls to rear. Section of brick exposed to north, with remnants of painted signage. Square-headed window openings, having raised and moulded architraves and painted stone sills, with generally replacement timber casements, and with uPVC inserts to rear. Pub-front punctuated by engaged painted masonry piers over plinths, supporting moulded cornices and replacement timber fascia with hand-painted signage. Modern timber windows over painted masonry stall-risers with moulded sills and plinth. Chamfered entrance to northeast corner; upper floors at corner carried on masonry pier abutted by pair of decorative masonry columns over hexagonal plinths. Doors generally six-panelled painted timber, double-leaf to northeast, five-panelled double-leaf to northwest, plain over-light to east, remainder blocked. Street-fronted, with small yard to rear, enclosed and abutted by modern steel gate. Modern metal hatch to basement, on street level of north elevation.
Appraisal
A well-proportioned late eighteenth-century townhouse, with form and restrained detailing characteristic of residential architecture in Dublin during this period. The Dublin Street Directory, c.1862 notes that the building was occupied by a Joseph McCann who operated as a grocer, wine and spirit merchant. Although alterations have taken place, incurring a loss of some original fabric, the building is a prominent feature of the streetscape and is an important element within an eclectic terrace of varied styles and periods.