Selection of 35mm slides from the collection of the School of Art History and Cultural Policy, focusing on the domestic architecture of eighteenth-century Dublin.

Merrion Square: general view of north side

Merrion Street: general view of east side

Merrion Square: view of south east corner

Merrion Square, No. 12: façade

Henrietta Street, Nos. 11-13: facades

Henrietta Street, No. 10: façade

Henrietta Street, No. 9: facade

Henrietta Street, Nos. 5-6: façade

Merrion Square: view of north side from middle of square

Merrion Square: view of south side looking towards Mount Street Upper

Merrion Square: view of north side

Merrion Square: view of south side from middle of square

Leeson Street Lower: view of north side

Mountjoy Square: derelict house on west side

Mount Street Upper: detail of stepped crescent

Mountjoy Square: view of north side

Mount Street Upper: view towards St. Stephen's Church

Mountjoy Square: general view of dereliction on west side

Pembroke Street Upper: view from Leeson Street Lower

North Great George's Street: view towards Belvedere House

Mountjoy Square: view of north side looking east

The street was laid out by Luke Gardiner in 1729-30. Originally a single five-bay house. Built by Nathaniel Clements for Henry, 8th Earl of Thomond (d.1741). First resident (in 1743) was Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough.

The street was laid out by Luke Gardiner in 1729-30. Nos. 11 and 12 (at centre of image) were built by Luke Gardiner and leased respectively to Henry Boyle, Earl of Shannon, and William Stewart, 3rd Viscount Mountjoy. No. 12 was substantially re-modelled in 1782. No. 13 (far left) dates to 1740s. The King's Inns Library, designed 1825-8 by Frederick Darley, is just visible at far right.