Kings’ Inns Library

Library/archive in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1820–1830

End-of-terrace seven-bay three-storey over concealed basement neo-Classical law library, built 1825-8, to designs of Frederick Darley, with pedimented breakfront and Doric entrance portico. Single-bay six-storey extension added to west side elevation c.1890, to designs of James Fuller. Single-span slate roof, hipped to west, gabled to pediment and further hipped roof to full-height rear projection. Flat-roofed to west extension. Roof hidden behind balustraded parapet wall with moulded granite coping and full pediment to breakfront. Rendered brick chimneystacks with clay pots to either end and further stack to rear. Cast-iron rainwater goods to west extension and rear elevation. Coursed granite ashlar walls, channel rusticated to ground floor with moulded granite platbands framing ground floor and forming sill course to first and second floors. Plain granite ashlar frieze to deep moulded granite cornice at base of parapet wall spanning west extension. Cement rendered walls to rear elevation with granite quoins visible to original southwest corner and granite coping to parapet. Square-headed window openings with architrave surrounds and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. First floor windows to breakfront have cornices supported on scrolled console brackets with stained glass to central bay. Voussoired heads to ground floor windows with granite sills and six-over-six p

Type:
Library/archive

Period:
1820–1830

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.35°N, 6.27°W

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