Powerscourt Townhouse Centre

House in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1760–1780

Freestanding corner-sited seven-bay three-storey former townhouse over raised basement, built 1771-4, with pedimented central breakfront, and single-bay single-storey pavilions projecting forward and having round-headed niches to re-entrant elevations and round-headed vehicular entrances to pedimented front elevations. Three brick ranges added to rear c. 1809-11 to form courtyard. Now in use as shopping centre. Hipped slate roof hidden behind granite parapet, having ashlar granite chimneystacks with yellow clay pots to north and south ends. Granite eaves cornice and ashlar granite walls over channelled ashlar granite walls, having granite cornice to ground floor, rendered walls to basement, and having granite quoins to corners of facade and of breakfront. Brown brick walls laid in Flemish to north and south elevations, with limestone quoins to southwest corner, and red brick walls laid in Flemish bond to rear with red brick quoins. Tripartite Venetian window to first floor of breakfront, framed by Corinthian columns supporting pulvinated frieze and dentillated cornice and granite balustrade, with nine-over-six pane and six-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed windows to second floor of breakfront, middle being wider than flankers, with lugged and kneed surrounds, continuous granite sill supported on scrolled brackets, and six-over-six pane and four-over-fou

Type:
House

Period:
1760–1780

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.34°N, 6.26°W

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