The building was described by John Ruskin as 'the first realization I had the joy to see of the principles, I had until then been endeavouring to teach'.

Royal College of Surgeons: façade (detail)

The building was described by John Ruskin as 'the first realization I had the joy to see of the principles, I had until then been endeavouring to teach'.

Pediment sculpture carved by John Smyth.

Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): façade

Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): stairhall

Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland), Blackhall Place: view from Blackhall Street

Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): view from Blackhall Street

Royal College of Physicians: façade

Built as a hotel by the Grand Canal Company.

The late Georgian houses here have since been incorporated into a 1990s apartment scheme.

Royal College of Physicians: barrel-vaulted corridor

Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): view from Blackhall Street

Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): façade (detail)

The building was described by John Ruskin as 'the first realization I had the joy to see of the principles, I had until then been endeavouring to teach'.

Royal College of Surgeons: pediment sculpture of Athene

Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): portico

Royal College of Physicians: view from Setanta Place

The oldest surviving residential range built c.1700. Curvilinear gables added in 1894 by R. J. Stirling.

Royal College of Physicians: upper staircase leading to Dun's Library

Pediment sculpture carved by John Smyth.

Royal College of Surgeons: façade

Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): façade and pavilion

Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): stairhall