Interior view of Luttrellstown Castle, Castleknock, refurbishment by G. & T. Crampton in 1985-1986. The architects for these works were Brian O'Halloran & Associates.

The house was built in c1760 for Usher St George, created Lord St George in 1763. The plasterwork is attributed to Robert West.

St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 17 built 1776-79 by Gustavus Hume for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. Decorated by the Dublin stuccodore Michael Stapleton: drawings for the interiors form part of the Stapleton Collection at the National Library of Ireland.

Designed in 1740 by Richard Castle for Marcus Beresford, Viscount Tyrone. Plasterwork attributed to Paolo Lafranchini, based on similar work of 1730s and professional association with Castle.

The house was built in c1760 for Usher St George, created Lord St George in 1763. The plasterwork is attributed to Robert West.

Hume Street, No. 10: painted ceiling in front drawing room

House built on ground leased to James Higgins, bricklayer c1768-9. Formerly part of the Mount Eccles estate.

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.

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.

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. The design of the townhouse tallies with a drawing by the C18 architect Joseph Jarratt. Originally a separate interconnecting salon and ante-room.

The residence of Luke Gardiner, the house dates to the late 1720s. Sir Edward Lovett Pearce credited with some assistance in design. Originally of four-bays wide (at right), the house was enlarged and re-modelled on numerous occasions beginning c1755. Ceiling of the former saloon, added c1755 by Charles Gardiner.

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 the saloon ceiling has been interpreted as an allegory of justice and jurisprudence.

St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 16 built 1776-79 by Gustavus Hume and decorated by the Dublin stuccodore Michael Stapleton.

The house was built in the 1740s by Luke Gardiner, but was not leased until 1755.

The house was built in the 1740s by Luke Gardiner, but was not leased until 1755.

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. The iconography of the figurative centrepiece of this ceiling has been identified as Fortitude with a helmet, shield, sword and cannon (derived from an engraving of Simon Vouet's painted decorations in the Salon de Mars at Versailles).

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. The iconography of the figurative centrepiece of this ceiling has been identified as Fortitude with a helmet, shield, sword and cannon (derived from an engraving of Simon Vouet's painted decorations in the Salon de Mars at Versailles).

St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 17 built 1776-79 by Gustavus Hume for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. Decorated by the Dublin stuccodore Michael Stapleton: drawings for the interiors form part of the Stapleton Collection at the National Library of Ireland.

Built by the stuccodore and developer Charles Thorp. The image of Apollo in a chariot is derived from a published design of Michelangelo Pergolsi c1777-85.

St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 16 built 1776-79 by Gustavus Hume and decorated by the Dublin stuccodore Michael Stapleton.

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 the saloon ceiling has been interpreted as an allegory of justice and jurisprudence.

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.

St. Stephen's Green, No. 17: ceiling of front drawing room