Survey Data
Reg No
50110501
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
316317, 232880
Date Recorded
23/06/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1830, as one of pair with No. 33, having three-storey return to rear (west) elevation. Now in use as offices. M-profile pitched roof, hipped to north, hidden behind brick parapet having cut granite coping. Brick and rendered chimneystacks with clay pots. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls to front and rear elevations, cut granite plinth course over squared rubble limestone walls to basement to front. Rendered walls to return. Square-headed window openings, having raised render reveals and granite sills, and granite surround to basement. Mixed three-over-three pane, six-over-six pane and eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows. Cast-iron balconette brackets to first floor windows. Round-headed door opening with moulded render surround and carved stone doorcase comprising Ionic columns and entablature. Leaded fanlight and timber panelled door. Shared granite steps having cast-iron boot-scrape to platform. Replacement mild steel railings, with cast-iron corner post having urn finial, on carved granite plinth wall. Cast-iron coal-hole cover set in granite pavior to footpath to front.
Appraisal
Part of a uniform terrace, this building maintains the parapet height and fenestration alignment of neighbouring buildings to the north, making a pleasing contribution to the streetscape. Salient features are retained, notably a well-executed Ionic doorcase, which are integral to the historic character, and contribute to the composition's grandeur. The road leading from St. Stephen's Green to Donnybrook was originally called Suesey Street. It was renamed Leeson Street in 1728 to commemorate the Leeson brewing family, who were responsible for significant development in the area. Some Early Georgian houses remain but construction predominantly dates from the late eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries.