School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology

College in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1935–1940

Corner-sited attached multiple-bay four-storey over basement Art Deco-style college, built 1938-9 by Robinson and Keefe. Principal symmetrical elevation facing north onto Cathal Brugha Street with single-bay chamfered corners to either end and secondary elevation facing east onto Marlborough Street. Roof not visible from street. Cast-iron rainwater goods and moulded granite ashlar coping. Machine-cut red brick walls laid in English bond to stepped granite ashlar plinth course up to ground floor sill level. Chamfered corner bays have curved bay to ground floor surmounted by deeply moulded granite cornice and figurative sculpture of The Three Graces to west corner by Gabriel Hayes, contract awarded 1943. Square-headed window openings with continuous soldier brick courses to heads, set on chamfered continuous flush granite sill course, horizontally-glazed hardwood windows, in groups of two and four to north elevation, groups of three to east elevation, divided by granite mullions. Three-storey central shallow entrance breakfront surmounted by granite hood above second floor with tripartite granite ashlar entrance surround and tripartite windows above. Deeply inset tripartite polished timber entrance screen with corresponding overlight having original decorative scrolled iron grille throughout. Door opens onto Kilkenny limestone paved platform with retractable iron gates to three l

Type:
College

Period:
1935–1940

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.35°N, 6.26°W

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