Iveagh House

House in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1735–1865

Attached seven-bay three-storey over basement Neo-classical former house, remodelled 1862, additions 1896, with pedimented shallow central breakfront and two-storey flanking bays. Fronting pair of former houses, built 1736. Three-storey hipped return to western bay of rear (south) elevation. Now in use as office. Hipped M-profile roof with rendered chimneystacks to centre and party walls having moulded coping over corbel brackets with some clay pots, concealed behind balustraded parapet over modillioned cornice with pediment flanked by solid parapet to central three-bay breakfront, having coat-of-arms to tympanum. Recessed attic storey to outer recessed two-storey bays over concealed basement. Ashlar Portland limestone walls with corner quoins, channelling to ground floor over moulded stringcourse, granite plinth course to basement and continuous moulded sill courses to upper floors. Square-headed window openings with projecting sills and moulded architraves; keystone to ground floor openings, lugged architraves to second floor and raised ashlar surround to basement openings. First floor openings lugged, with moulded cornices over rising to carved festoons; three breakfront openings surmounted by open-bedded pediments on scrolled consoles. Outer eastern bay has paired ground floor windows with channelled surrounds and recessed panels to aprons and heads; round-headed opening to

Type:
House

Period:
1735–1865

Where:
Dublin, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.34°N, 6.26°W

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