Survey Data
Reg No
50100652
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
316979, 233186
Date Recorded
01/07/2016
Date Updated
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Description
Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1840 as one of terrace of five (Nos. 7-11) within longer row of similar houses, and having two-storey return to north end of rear. Now in commercial office use. M-profile roof, hipped to north end of rear span, having blind brick parapet with masonry coping, parapet gutters and replacement uPVC downpipe, and rendered chimneystacks to south end with terracotta pots. Flemish bond red brick walling on granite plinth course over painted rendered basement walling; rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with patent reveals, painted masonry sills and brick voussoirs. Timber sliding sash windows with cavetto horns and some historic glass, one-over-one pane to ground floor, six-over-six pane to middle floors, fifteen-over-ten pane to basement, and replacement three-over-three pane timber casements to top floor. Decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor, wrought-iron window-guards to second floor and wrought-iron grille to basement. Timber sash windows to rear, three-over-three pane to top floor, south bay having tripartite six-over-six pane windows to ground and first floors. Round-headed doorway with render surround and painted masonry doorcase comprising pro-style Ionic columns, plain entablature, leaded peacock's tail fanlight and eleven-panel timber door with replacement brass furniture. Granite entrance platform with decorative cast-iron boot-scrape and five convex bull-nosed steps. Basement area enclosed by decorative cast-iron railings on moulded granite plinth, with cast-iron gate. Mild-steel steps lead down to basement. Plain square-headed door opening beneath entrance platform. Garden to rear, and modernized two-storey mews building and yard to rear of plot.
Appraisal
A mid-nineteenth-century row house built in the Georgian style, displaying well-balanced proportions and the graded fenestration pattern typical of the period. The house, along with the wider terrace and row, is attractive and relatively well retained, with original features including a good Ionic doorcase and unusual convex entrance steps. The retention of some historic windows and glazing, and decorative balconettes, adds further interest to the facade. The intact setting details, with decorative railings and boot-scrape, contributes to the character of this handsome row lining the east side of Herbert Street, and contributes to the wider historic core of south Dublin city. Linking Mount Street Crescent to Lower Baggot Street, the street was laid by Sydney Herbert from the early 1830s.