Royal Irish Academy (formerly Northland House): stairhall (detail)


Built c1760 by Sir John Denney Vesey, Lord Knapton and sold in 1769 to his brother-in-law John Knox, Viscount Northland. The house was remodelled in 1852-4 by Frederick Villiers Clarendon to house the Royal Irish Academy.

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Henrietta Street, No. 11: stairhall


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. Stair hall wainscoted throughout. Stairs of Portland stone.

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Hume Street, No. 10: painting on soffit of staircase


Built by the stuccodore and developer Charles Thorp. The paintings on the stair soffit depict personifications of the arts.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 56: plasterwork detail in stairhall


The house was built in c1760 for Usher St George, created Lord St George in 1763. The plasterwork is attributed to Robert West. Elements of its iconography derive from engravings after the French C18 artists Francois Boucher and Claude Audran.

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Merrion Square, No. 73: staircase


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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St Stephen's Green, No. 56: stairhall


The house was built in c1760 for Usher St George, created Lord St George in 1763. The plasterwork is attributed to Robert West. Elements of its iconography derive from engravings after the French C18 artists Francois Boucher and Claude Audran.

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Henrietta Street, No. 7: staircase balustrade (detail)


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

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Belvedere House: ceiling plasterwork (detail)


Begun in 1765 and completed in 1786 for George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere. Designs for the interiors are contained in the Stapleton collection of drawings in the National Library of Ireland.

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Ely House: principal staircase


Residence of Henry Loftus, 3rd Earl of Ely. The staircase is a scaled-down replica of that in the Palace of Charles of Lorraine at Brussels, completed by the Flemish sculptor Laurent Delvaux in 1769. This version attributed to the Flemish sculptor and stuccodore Barthomolew Cramillion who was active in Dublin after 1772.

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Henrietta Street, No. 11: flagstones at first floor landing


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. Stair hall wainscoted throughout. Stairs of Portland stone.

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