1798 – Former Irish Times Offices, D’Olier Street, Dublin
An excellent terrace restored in the 1990s with original shopfronts and much as the Wide Street Commissioners would have seen it after completion.
D’Olier Street Dublin
Named after Jeremiah D’Olier who was city Sheriff in 1788.
1800 – Carlisle Building, Burgh Quay, Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Constructed around 1800 turning the corner at Burgh Quay and D’Olier Street.. Alterations to street frontage for Kinahan &
1800 – D’Olier & Westmoreland, Dublin
Where D’Olier and Westmoreland Streets meet the quays and Carlisle Bridge was designed as an important architectural setpiece by the Wide Streets Commissioners.
1862 – Crampton Memorial Fountain, Dublin
Sculptor: John Kirk
Sir Philip Crampton was Surgeon-General to the British Army. He was always interested in zoological science and played an active part in founding the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland and was many times its president.
1864 – London & Lancashire Fire & Life Insurance Companies, Dublin
A rebuilt and revised corner building on a Wide Streets Commissioners plan, on D’Olier and Westmoreland Street facing across Carlisle Bridge.
1864 – London and Lancashire Fire and Life Insurance, Dublin
Wide Streets Commissioners end of terrace building given a Victorian stucco makeover in the 1860s. Demolished for a new building for the same insurance company in the 1890s.
1891 – D’Olier Chambers, D’Olier Street, Dublin
Architect: J.F. Fuller
Built in 1891 by J.F Fuller for the Gallaher Tobacco Company out of yellow brick and terracotta.
1894 – No.22 Westmoreland Street, Dublin
Architect: J.J. O’Callaghan
A very prominent building on the end of the triangle formed by D’Olier and Westmoreland Streets and facing right down the centre of O’Connell Street.
1928 – Dublin Gas Company, D’Olier Street, Dublin
Architect: Robinson & Keefe
The former headquarters of the Dublin Gas Company (built in 1928) has two facades with two different architectural styles.
1965 – O’Connell Bridge House, D’Olier Street, Dublin
Architect: Desmond Fitzgerald
Much hated building on a very important site, O’Connell Bridge House stands 11 storeys high and overlooks O’Connell Bridge.
