Kildare Street Club (former): sculptural detail on column base


The partnership of Deane & Woodward was founded in 1851.

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Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): façade


Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): façade

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Merrion Square, No. 51: 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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St Stephen's Green, No. 86: chimneypiece in drawing room


No. 86 St Stephen's Green now forms part of Newman House (together with No. 85 St Stephen's Green). It was built for Richard Chapel Whaley from 1765. The design of the house and its stuccoed interiors are attributed to Robert West. A major conservation and restoration project undertaken in 1989-93.

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Henrietta Street, No. 11: window in rear drawing room


The house was built by Luke Gardiner and leased respectively to Henry Boyle, Earl of Shannon. Design in part attributed to Sir Edward Lovett Pearce.

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Henrietta Street, No. 7: stairhall ceiling


This was Nathaniel Clement's residence, built between 1739-43. Double-height stair hall.

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St Catherine (C. of I.): decoration of reredos


St Catherine (C. of I.): decoration of reredos

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Newcomen Bank (Dublin City Council Rates Office): side elevation


The front to Cork Hill was doubled in 1862, under the supervision of William Caldbeck. The ground floor entrance porch here conceals the junction.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 9: figurative stucco panel in stairhall


Built c1756 for the Rev. Cutts Harman, Dean of Waterford. Now the St Stephen's Green Club. The decorative plasterwork is attributed to Paolo Lafranchini, given its similarity to comparable work executed by him at Castletown, Co. Kildare in 1759. This panel depicts the metamorphosis of Antigone by Juno.

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St Mary (C. of I.): side elevation


Remodelled as a bar/restaurant in 2002-5 by Duffy Mitchell Donoghue.

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St Stephen (C. of I.): rear elevation


Known as the Pepper Cannister. Extended nave and apse by Frederick Darley in 1852.

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Merrion Square, No. 9: façade


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Built by John Wilson, bricklayer, and leased in 1769 to the Earl of Westmeath.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 85: chimneypiece of Apollo room


No. 85 St Stephen's Green now forms part of Newman House (together with No. 86 St Stephen's Green). It was built for Captain Hugh Montgomery from 1738. The decorative plasterwork is attributed to Paolo and Filippo Lafranchini. The iconography of this room is related to Apollo and the Muses.

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Royal Barracks (National Museum of Ireland): entrance portal to Palatine Square


Radically rebuilt in 1767-71 under Henry Keene. Converted to museum use by Gilroy McMahon Architects, 1994-1997.

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Kildare Street Club (former): façade


The partnership of Deane & Woodward was founded in 1851.

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University Church: columns


University Church: columns

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Mansion House: entrance hall


Built for Joshua Dawson. Stuccoed front remodelled in 1851 by City Architect Hugh Byrne.

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Mountpleasant Square: houses on north side


Mountpleasant Square lies south of the grand canal, and was completed by 1830. The principal developers were Solomon Williams and Terence Dolan.

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Merrion Square: rear elevations


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752.

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Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): stairhall


Blue Coat School (Law Society of Ireland): stairhall

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Rotunda Hospital Chapel: ceiling plasterwork


Plasterwork by Barthelemij Cramillion 1755-57.

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Davenport Hotel (formerly Merrion Hall): principal façade


Formerly a preaching hall erected by the Plymouth Brethren.

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Trinity College Dublin: Old Library, view from Berkeley Library


Trinity College Dublin: Old Library, view from Berkeley Library

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Lombard Street: general view


Lombard Street: general view

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