Irish Architectural Archive

House in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1790–1800

Attached symmetrical five-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1795, with recent full-height glazed lift shaft and archive store abutting to middle bay of rear (east) elevation. Rear of building projects forward of buildings lines to each side. Now in use as an archive and offices. Pitched slate roof to front (west) span, hidden behind brick parapet with granite coping and granite blocking course, south end hipped at rear, and rear having two fully hipped slate roofs perpendicular to street with narrow roof between latter roofs being hipped at east end. Brick chimneystacks to north and south ends, rebuilt to upper sections, with clay pots. Parapet gutters and cast-iron rainwater goods breaking through to south end. Brown brick walls laid in Flemish bond, with English garden wall bond to north and south gables, on moulded granite plinth course over ruled-and-lined rendered basement walls. Square-headed window openings, diminishing to upper floors, with brick voussoirs, granite sills and raised render reveals, and having granite block-and-start surrounds to basement openings. Timber sliding sash windows with horns (except for basement windows), nine-over-six pane to first floor, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane elsewhere; rear elevation has similar fenestration. Cast-iron balconettes to first floor of front elevation, and wrought-iron windo

Type:
House

Period:
1790–1800

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.34°N, 6.25°W

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