Merrion Square: view of north side


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. The relatively homogenous elevations belie the speculative and piecemeal nature of construction.

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North Great George's Street: view towards Belvedere House


North Great George's Street was laid out in 1767 on part of the Mount Eccles estate. The vista is closed by Belvedere House, Great Denmark Street, completed in 1786 by George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere.

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Merrion Square: view of north side from middle of square


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. The relatively homogenous elevations belie the speculative and piecemeal nature of construction. Includes a view of the Gasometer (taken down c1993).

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Merrion Square: view of south side from middle of square


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Leases for the south side were issued from 1786.

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Merrion Square: view of south east corner


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Leases for the south side were issued from 1786.

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Mount Street Upper: view towards St Stephen's Church


Part of the Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Mount Street Upper laid out c1789, but principally built between 1829-31. St Stephen's Church (also known as the Pepper Canister), designed in 1824 by John Bowden, terminates the vista from Merrion Square.

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Fownes Street: general view


General streetscape including early C18 building fabric.

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Merrion Square: view of west side


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. A number of houses on the west side built before 1756.

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Pembroke Street: house façades


Pembroke street, nos. 19-20. Part of the Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Pembroke Street Upper laid out c1820.

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Pembroke Street Upper: view from Leeson Street Lower


Part of the Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Pembroke Street Upper laid out c1820.

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Merrion Square: basement areas along south side


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Leases for the south side were issued from 1786.

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Merrion Square: general view of north side


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. The relatively homogenous elevations belie the speculative and piecemeal nature of construction.

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Merrion Street: general view of east side


Part of the Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) Estate, laid out in the early 1750s. The present No. 24 (built c1765), on the corner with Fitzwilliam Lane, was reputedly the birthplace of the 1st Duke of Wellington.

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Merrion Square, No. 73: façade


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Leases for the south side were issued from 1786.

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Fitzwilliam Square, Nos. 22-23: façades


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Fitzwilliam Square laid out in 1791 by the surveyors John and Pat Roe. The south side was the last to be developed.

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Mountjoy Square: derelict house on west side


Part of the extensive Gardiner Estate instigated by Luke Gardiner in the 1720s. Mountjoy Square first planned and laid out in 1787. Building began in 1789. Much demolition along the west and south sides of Mountjoy Square in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Since rebuilt.

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Mountjoy Square: general view of dereliction on west side


Part of the extensive Gardiner Estate instigated by Luke Gardiner in the 1720s. Mountjoy Square first planned and laid out in 1787. Building began in 1789. Much demolition along the west and south sides of Mountjoy Square in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Since rebuilt.

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Merrion Square, No. 37: doorcase


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Leases for the east side were issued from 1786. Nos. 37-40 (inclusive) were built as a block, and all are attributed to Samuel Sproule.

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Dominick Street Lower: general view, south side


Named for Sir Christopher Dominick and let in lots for building in 1753. Of 66 original houses recorded in 1938, only 10 survive. Mostly demolished in 1950s and replaced by social housing.

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Merrion Square: view of north side from Archbishop Ryan Park (central garden space)


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. The relatively homogenous elevations belie the speculative and piecemeal nature of construction.

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Mount Street Upper: view of stepped crescent


Part of the Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Mount Street Upper laid out c1789, but principally built between 1829-31. The houses here step back forming a type of crude crescent-shaped plan.

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Mount Street Upper: stepped elevation


Part of the Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Mount Street Upper laid out c1789, but principally built between 1829-31. The houses here step back forming a type of crude crescent-shaped plan.

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Fitzwilliam Square: view along south side looking towards Fitzwilliam Square East


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Fitzwilliam Square laid out in 1791 by the surveyors John and Pat Roe. The south side was the last to be developed.

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Fitzwilliam Street Upper: view towards Leeson Street


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Houses on Fitzwilliam Street Upper are predominantly early C19.

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