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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Merrion Square: view of Archbishop Ryan Park (central garden square)


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. The park area was enclosed by an Act of Parliament in 1791.

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Henrietta Street, No. 9: façade


Design is attributed to Sir Edward Lovett Pearce. Plan and façade a close transcription of No. 30 Old Burlington Street, London, designed by Lord Burlington and Colen Campbell for Algernon Coote, Lord Mountrath.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 56: façade


The house was built in c1760 for Usher St George, created Lord St George in 1763.

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Merrion Square: view of north side from middle of square


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. Includes a view of the Gasometer (taken down c1993).

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Henrietta Street, No. 10: façade


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.

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Merrion Square: view of south side from middle of square


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

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Merrion Square: view of south east corner


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

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Mount Street Upper: view towards St Stephen's Church


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. St Stephen's Church (also known as the Pepper Canister), designed in 1824 by John Bowden, terminates the vista from Merrion Square.

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Merrion Square: view of west side


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. A number of houses on the west side built before 1756.

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Tottenham Institution: side elevation


Replica of early C18 Dutch Billy style house. Moved during early C20 road widening.

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