Aldborough House

House in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1790–1800

Corner-sited detached seven-bay three-storey mansion over raised basement, built 1793-9 and dated 1796, facing east, to designs of Richard Johnson. Now unoccupied and in derelict state. Built on rectangular plan with pedimented three-bay central breakfront and Doric porch, with pair of single-storey advanced quadrant wings to forecourt. Hipped slate roofs on quadrangular plan with central lantern. Roof hidden behind deep moulded granite cornice with modillions spanning all elevations. Low granite parapet wall to central breakfront behind modillioned pediment having coade stone armorial crest to tympanum. Cast-iron rainwater goods throughout. Coursed granite ashlar walls to front elevation with granite frieze below cornice having incised lettering to each plane, reading 'MDCCXCVI' to breakfront, indecipherable to either side. Granite platband forming continuous sill course to first floor (spanning all elevations) over rusticated granite walls to ground floor, with granite plinth course (spanning all elevations) over squared and coursed roughly-hewn calp limestone basement walls. Brown brick walls laid in Flemish bond to all other elevations with full-height bows to south side and rear elevations and deep moulded granite parapet cornice. Square-headed window openings with moulded granite architrave surrounds, granite sills and replacement timber sliding sash windows with horns. P

Type:
House

Period:
1790–1800

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.36°N, 6.25°W

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