National Gallery of Ireland

Museum/gallery in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1855–1905

Largely freestanding rectangular-plan two-storey art gallery, earliest (southern east-west) block (Dargan Wing) built 1858-4 and having twelve-bay south elevation with slightly projecting three-bay ends and three-bay east elevation. Original block duplicated to north (Milltown Wing) in 1902, and present three-bay entrance projection added to east end of whole at same time. Entrance projection has loggia to ground floor, flanked by wider three-bay ends. Other elevations abutted by later blocks and not visible. Skirt slate hip-ended roofs with glazed upper parts. Overhanging Portland stone eaves on corbel brackets, separated by carved leaf panels over rinceau frieze having rope-moulded fillet. Ashlar granite-faced walls, channelled to ground floor and to quoins, having sill course to ground floor, platband between floors and moulded sill course to first floor. Square-headed blind window openings to ground floor, except for one round-headed opening set within round-headed niche to north end of front elevation. First floor has round-headed blind window openings, alternately having moulded cornices and triangular pediments, latter on scrolled consoles, with vegetal panels over moulded architraves. Same openings have raised panels above, blank to south elevation, having garland and vegetal decoration to front elevation of end bays, and having blank panels to aprons. Entrance projecti

Type:
Museum/gallery

Period:
1855–1905

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.34°N, 6.25°W

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