Elevation of side of house facing onto Lower Merrion Street, featuring proposed extension to porch. This elevation of the return to No. 1 Merrion Square was submitted to the Wide Streets Commission in July 1836 by Patterson and Catcheside, Westland Row, on behalf of the occupant, William Boyd, a successful barrister who later became Recorder of Derry city. As shown in the drawing, the main entrance to No. 1 Merrion Square was by means of a hall door built into a porch at the side of the house facing Merrion Square. Boyd proposed to extend the porch along the side of the house to bring the hall door level with the front of the house facing Merrion Square. The Commission rejected the proposal, ruling that the extension would constitute an encroachment on the pavement. Boyd applied again in 1837 for permission to build the extension, pointing out that it would not open onto the Merrion St. pavement and adding that the neighbours had no objections. These points were confirmed by David Henry Sherrard, acting for the Commission. Sherrard did query the form of lighting proposed, hence Catcheside’s annotation, dated 17 July 1837: ‘It is proposed to light the above additions by a sky light on top’; again, the windows would not encroach on the pavement. Approval was granted by the Commission on 19 July 1837 and there is some evidence to suggest that the extension was complete by September 1838. Scale: 7’ 1” Size: 18” x 13” (45 cm x 33 cm) Paper (1 sheet, no watermark); ink; watercolours