R. & H. Hall

Granary in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1910–1930

Detached nine-bay fifteen- to twenty-storey reinforced concrete grain silo, built 1915-20, with attached steel bin silo added c.1932 to north, and further reinforced concrete silo attached to north 1938. Three six-storey single-bay projections to front elevation. Flat roof and rainwater goods not visible. Reinforced concrete walls arranged in vertical recessed panels, nine to front elevation with five to side elevation. Heavy cornice to older part, with mutules and heavy plat-band to storey below. Above cornice is three- to four-storey attic section with further central head-house floor. Square-headed window openings with wrought-iron multiple-pane windows and splayed concrete sills. Square-headed carriage-arch openings to west and east elevations to allow for loading, with granite wheel-guards and diorite setts to west opening. Located to west end of Dublin Port, area largely comprising modern industrial and maritime buildings, interspersed with patches of wasteland. Dry dock situated to west. Complemented by associated silos to east, of similar period and style.

Type:
Granary

Period:
1910–1930

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.35°N, 6.22°W

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