Ely Place: Ely House


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

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Merrion Square: view of north side


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.

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Henrietta Street, No. 7: façade


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

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Belvedere House: façade of house and school building


Begun in 1765 and completed in 1786 for George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere. Belvedere College S.J. is now a private school for boys, founded in 1832. The building on the left, one of the school wings, was built in 1952 in a neo-Georgian style.

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Merrion Square: view of north side from National Gallery of Ireland


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.

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O'Connell Street, No. 42: façade


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.

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Merrion Square, No. 12: façade


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

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Mount Street Upper: detail of stepped crescent


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.

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Mountjoy Square: view of north side looking east


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.

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Henrietta Street: view from King's Inns


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.

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Ely Place, No. 9: façade


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

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Parnell Square East: general view


Parnell Square East: general view

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Parnell Square West: general view


Plots leased here from 1758.

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Merrion Square, Nos. 89-91: façades


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.

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Fownes Street, Nos. 3-4: façades


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

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Fitzwilliam Place: general view of west side


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Fitzwilliam Place developed in tandem with E and S sides of Fitzwilliam Square.

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Leeson Street Lower: view of north side


Late Georgian terraces, largely built post 1800.

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Fitzwilliam Square: view of north side looking westwards


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 north side was the first to be built on.

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Fitzwilliam Square: view of north side looking towards Fitzwilliam Square East


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 north side was the first to be built on.

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North Great George's Street, Nos. 50 and 51: façades


North Great George's Street was laid out in 1767 on part of the Mount Eccles estate. No. 50 built c.1772; No. 51 (at extreme left) built c.1770. No. 49 (just visible at right) built as a pair with No. 50.

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Merrion Square: view of north side


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.

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North Great George's Street: view towards Belvedere House


North Great George's Street was laid out in 1767 on part of the Mount Eccles estate. The vista is closed by Belvedere House, Great Denmark Street, completed in 1786 by George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere.

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Herbert Street: general view


Part of the Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Leases for Herbert Place date from 1791. Herbert Street was laid out by Sydney Herbert from the early 1830s.

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Herbert Street: general view


Part of the Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Leases for Herbert Place date from 1791. Herbert Street was laid out by Sydney Herbert from the early 1830s.

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