Bank of Ireland
Parliament house in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1725–1805
Attached irregular-plan multiple-bay double-height former bicameral parliament house, built 1728-1733, interior remodelled for use as bank in 1803. Comprising U-plan collonnaded central piazza with advanced pedimented prostyle tetrastyle Ionic portico, having arches to front (south) elevation flanked by Ionic columns supporting dentillated pediments with pulvinated friezes, quadrant screen walls, that to east added c.1785, that to west added in 1792, pedimented prostyle hexastyle Ionic portico having Corinthian columns to east elevation, and Ionic pedimented prostyle tetrastyle portico to west elevation, fronting banking hall and offices to rear (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof, hipped to north-west and north-east, copper-clad and slate pitched, hipped and barrel-vaulted roofs to buildings to rear, carved Portland stone parapet and balustrade. Coffered soffits to piazza. Dentillated cornice to base of parapet and to pedimented entablatures over porticos, pulvinated frieze, royal coat of arms to tympanum and carved statues of Hibernia, Fidelity and Commerce atop portico to front, entablature and pediment surmounted by carved statues of Fortitude, Justice and Liberty to portico to east. Ashlar granite walls over platband and rusticated granite walls, Portland stone roundels and swags and Portland stone plinth course. Portland stone Ionic colonnade to front and screen walls.
- Type:
- Parliament house
- Period:
- 1725–1805
- Where:
- Dublin, Ireland
- Coordinates:
- 53.34°N, 6.26°W
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