National Botanic Gardens (Great Palm House)

Glass/green house in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1880–1885

Freestanding timber and wrought-iron glasshouse, erected 1884, comprising eleven-bay triple-height central house, canted to south (entrance end) with five bays to facets and having lantern with nine-bay sides and three-bay facets to canted end, flanked by side aisles whose roofs curve up to base of lantern; seventeen-bay single-storey wings projecting from middle of long sides and having six-bay gabled ends; main block abutted to rear (north) by three-bay three-storey masonry boiler house with annex to east end. Central house has curvilinear iron and timber framework including full-width domed lantern, all on squared limestone rubble plinth with dressed granite sill; perforated cast-iron walkway with balustrade at intermediary levels supported on iron brackets. Pitched glazed roofs to linear wings over timber framework on rubble limestone plinth to west wing, ashlar granite to east wing. Mix of cast-iron and replacement uPVC gutters to glazed ranges. Three-tier glazing to central house comprising multiple-pane pivot windows to lower and middle tier having six-pane fixed top-light to each bay. Upper tier has segmental-arch lights in pairs to each bay. Lapped and scalloped horticultural glazing throughout. Square-headed doorways, pedimented to canted end of main block, having panelled pilasters, central roundel and half-glazed timber double-leaf doors. Boiler house has half-hippe

Type:
Glass/green house

Period:
1880–1885

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.37°N, 6.27°W

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