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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. Nos. 14 and 15 built as a pair by Gustavus Hume in 1776-80.

Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Building on Fitzwilliam Street Lower commenced c1780. The view is terminated by the National Maternity Hospital, built in 1933 to designs of W H Byrne & Son. Behind, and just visible, is the Gasometer, taken down c1993. The controversial office building of the Electricity Supply Board, designed in 1965 by Stephenson Gibney & Associates, is on the immediate right.

St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18.

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.

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

Merrion Square: general view of north side

Merrion Square: view of south east corner

Fownes Street: general view

Merrion Square, No. 12: façade

Henrietta Street, Nos. 11-13: facades

Henrietta Street: view from King's Inns

Fownes Street, Nos. 3-4: facades

Merrion Square: view of north side from middle of square