Kildare Street and University Club

House in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1775–1780

Attached four-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1776-9 as pair with No. 16, having further bay recessed by to east end and approached by integral carriage-arch, and with five-bay rear (north) elevation. Altered 1850s. Now in use as clubhouse. U-plan pitched slate roof, behind brick parapet walling (covered by vegetation) with masonry coping, and concealed rainwater goods, intersected by two smaller pitched roofs to re-entrant angle with hipped south ends; tall brown brick chimneystacks with octagonal clay pots to party walls. Flemish bond red brick walling on granite plinth over ashlar limestone walling to basement, with painted rendered walling to recessed bay. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with painted rendered reveals, painted masonry sills, and having raised granite surrounds to basement. Replacement timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to basement, one-over-one pane to ground and first floors and two-over-two pane to floors above and to recessed bay; timber sash windows to rear. Timber moulded pelmets to ground floor and wrought-iron balconettes to first floor. Round-headed entrance doorway with limestone doorcase comprising engaged Doric columns, triglyphed frieze carrying modillioned open-bed pediment, plain fanlight with ovolo-moulded surround over lintel cornice, pivot-hinged six-panel raised-and-fiel

Type:
House

Period:
1775–1780

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.34°N, 6.26°W

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