Irish National War Memorial Gardens
Garden in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1925–1945
Formally-planned terraced gardens, designed 1930, completed c.1940. Comprising planted areas with geometrically arranged paths in fan-shaped area, with numerous stone monuments. Carved granite cruciform memorial with inscribed dates to south, set on circular-plan stepped plinth. Flights of steps to south. Central inscribed rectangular-plan carved granite block on granite plinth, flanked by circular fountains comprising carved boundary wall, raised central platform and obelisk. Two pairs of square-plan book rooms, to east and west of fountains, each pair connected by carved granite Doric colonnade forming pergola. Each book room having corbelled pyramidal granite roof, cut granite walls, granite plinth course. Doric porticos to each elevation, having broken base pediment. Niches with dropped keystones and impost course to east and west elevations. Oval oculi to north and south elevations, carved granite surrounds and keystones. Square-headed door openings to interior elevations, carved granite architrave surrounds, timber panelled doors. Snecked splayed limestone walls flanking book rooms, gateways flanked by square-profile granite piers having engaged columns, caps with ball finials, matching piers interrupting walls, walls terminating in pedimented cut granite screen, round-headed niche flanked by Doric portico, columns flanking sides, ball finials to top. Circular-profile sun
- Type:
- Garden
- Period:
- 1925–1945
- Where:
- Dublin, Ireland
- Coordinates:
- 53.34°N, 6.32°W
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