Custom House

Custom house in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1780–1930

Freestanding symmetrical twenty-nine-bay two-storey custom house, having displaying raised basement to garden and side elevations and having concealed basement to riverside elevation, begun 1781, to designs of James Gandon, with advanced nine-bay central block having attic storey, pedimented portico and domed cupola, reconstructed c.1925. Quadrangular on plan arranged around two internal courtyards with three-bay advanced corner pavilions, nine-bay side ranges and pair of three-storey central ranges. Destroyed by fire in May 1921 during War of Independence, rebuilt 1926-9 by T.J. Byrne. Copper-clad shallow pitched roofs hidden behind Portland stone balustraded parapet walls with embellished parapet blocks to all corner pavilions surmounted by carved trophies to front and rear depicting arms of Ireland and surmounted by large urns to side elevations. Decorative cast-iron hoppers breaking through facades and cast-iron downpipes. Attic storey to central nine-bay block advanced to portico and surmounted by four statues depicting Mercury, Plenty, Industry and Neptune (from left to right). Square-plan granite ashlar drum base with chamfered corners supporting drum and Corinthian peristyle built in limestone ashlar (Ardbraccan) surmounted by diminutive attic level, copper dome and statue of Commerce on drum pedestal. Columns arranged in pairs flanking round-headed window openings with

Type:
Custom house

Period:
1780–1930

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.35°N, 6.25°W

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