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. Nos. 25-7 built from 1797 by Frederick Darley.

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.

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

Part of the Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) Estate, laid out in the early 1750s. This house is reputedly the birthplace of the 1st Duke of Wellington, son of Garrett, 1st Earl of Mornington who built the house.

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

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

Residence of Henry Loftus, 3rd Earl of Ely. Purchased in 1770 from the developer Gustavus Hume.

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.

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

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.

Formerly Sackville Street and originally laid out as residential enclave of the Gardiner Estate in 1749. No. 42 is the sole surviving C18 house on the street. Ground leased to Robert Robinson, MD, in 1752. The house appears on John Rocque's map of Dublin published in 1756.

Designed in 1763 by Sir William Chambers as a private residence for the 1st Earl of Charlemont. Forms the centrepiece of the north side of Parnell (formerly Rutland) Square. Remodelled as an art gallery in 1931-3 by City Architect Horace O'Rourke.

Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Built in 1764-6 for William Brownlow, MP for Lurgan.

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.

The street was laid out by Luke Gardiner in 1729-30. It was named after the wife of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, who was Lord Lieutenant in 1717-21. Regarded as the finest example of early Georgian streetscape in Dublin, it formed part of the extensive Gardiner Estate developed throughout the C18.

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.

Laid out with Hume Street in 1768 by the developer Gustavus Hume. Nos. 9 and 10 built by Nathaniel Callwell in 1811.

Parnell Square East: general view

Plots leased here from 1758.

Designed in 1763 by Sir William Chambers as a private residence for the 1st Earl of Charlemont. Forms the centrepiece of the north side of Parnell (formerly Rutland) Square. Remodelled as an art gallery in 1931-3 by City Architect Horace O'Rourke.

St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 41 was built in 1745 for Mrs Ruth Croker, widow.

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

Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. A number of houses on the west side built before 1756. Nos. 88-93 were built by Columbine Lee Carré, who also built No. 11 on the north side.

The only surviving examples of this particular early C18 house type.