Reg No
50110353
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1850 - 1860
Coordinates
315417, 233020
Date Recorded
19/05/2017
Date Updated
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Terraced two-bay single-storey house over raised basement, built c. 1855, as one of terrace of five. M-profile pitched slate roof, rendered shared chimneystack, and rendered parapet with moulded cornice. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls, having cut granite plinth course over rendered wall to basement. Square-headed window openings with granite sills, raised render reveals and replacement windows. Elliptical-headed door opening having moulded render surround, timber doorcase comprising panelled pilasters and foliate console brackets supporting stepped cornice. Timber panelled door and teardrop fanlight. Shared granite steps with cast-iron coal-hole cover and piece of boot-scrape to platform. Basement area bounded by moulded granite plinth wall surmounted by wrought-iron railings, with alternating anthemion and fleur-de-lis cast-iron finials. Matching gate. Square-headed door to basement beneath entrance steps. Set back from road, with basement-level front garden.
This house retains its historic features, including door and ironmongery, which are characteristic of its mid-nineteenth century date. The subtle design variations such as the rendered parapet with cornice and railings on moulded granite plinth sets this terrace (Nos. 20-24) apart from other phases of building development along the street and provides an attractive individuality. The streetscape is further enhanced by the retention of elegant iron railings. Pleasants Street forms part of early Victorian neighbourhood, of small genteel townhouses, located to the west of Camden Street. The street is named after the philanthropist Thomas Pleasants (1729-1818) who donated money towards the establishment of the nearby Meath Hospital. This terrace was built during a later phase of development of the street.