Selection of 35mm slides from the collection of the School of Art History and Cultural Policy, focusing on the architecture of Dublin from the middle ages to the 20th century. The collection features images of significant buildings, houses, and decorative interiors throughout the city, with a particular focus on views of the city’s Georgian fabric.

Henrietta Street: view towards King's Inns

William Street South, Powerscourt House: façade

St. Stephen's Green, No. 41: façade

St. Stephen's Green, No. 9: façade

Built for Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt, from 1771. Remodelled as a shopping centre in 1978-81.

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

Nos. 85 and 86 St Stephen's Green together constitute Newman House: No. 85 was designed by Richard Castle in 1738 for Captain Hugh Montgomery.

Comprises Nos. 78-81 St Stephen's Green behind a 7-bay Portland Stone façade. No. 80 built in 1736-7 for Robert Clayton, Bishop of Cork and Ross, to designs by Richard Castle. Extended from 1862 by J. F. Fuller and Benjamin Lee Guinness.

The street was laid out by Luke Gardiner in 1729-30. Originally a single five-bay house. Built by Nathaniel Clements for Henry, 8th Earl of Thomond (d.1741). First resident (in 1743) was Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough.

Built c1756 for the Rev. Cutts Harman, Dean of Waterford. The porte-cochere is unique in Dublin townhouses of the period; its design tallies with a drawing by the C18 architect Joseph Jarratt. The original brick façade was remodelled in the Italianate manner in the C19 by Michael Bernard Mullins. Further additions, including the mansard roof, were added 1901-2 under the direction of William Henry Byrne and Sons. Now the St Stephen's Green Club. The interiors have decorative plasterwork attributed to Paolo Lafranchini, given its similarity to comparable work executed by him at Castletown, Co. Kildare in 1759.

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.

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

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.

Nos. 85 and 86 St Stephen's Green together constitute Newman House: they were built in 1738 and 1765 respectively.

Built as a private residence for the 20th Earl of Kildare; acquired in 1924 as the seat of the Government of Ireland.

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.

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.

Comprises Nos. 78-81 St Stephen's Green behind a 7-bay Portland Stone façade. No. 80 built in 1736-7 for Robert Clayton, Bishop of Cork and Ross, to designs by Richard Castle. Extended from 1862 by J. F. Fuller and Benjamin Lee Guinness.

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.

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.

The street was laid out by Luke Gardiner in 1729-30. Originally a single five-bay house. Built by Nathaniel Clements for Henry, 8th Earl of Thomond (d.1741). First resident (in 1743) was Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough.

Built as a private residence for the 20th Earl of Kildare; acquired in 1924 as the seat of the Government of Ireland.

Nos. 85 and 86 St Stephen's Green together constitute Newman House: No. 86 was built by Robert West in 1765 for Richard Chapel Whaley.