1707 – Custom House, Dublin
The previous Custom House by Thomas Burgh and built in 1707 was sited up river at Essex Quay and was judged as structurally unsound just seventy years later.
The previous Custom House by Thomas Burgh and built in 1707 was sited up river at Essex Quay and was judged as structurally unsound just seventy years later.
The original church was built in the 11th century by Bishop Donat and was dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra, the patron saint of sailors.
It was Joshua Dawson who built the mansion in 1710, and which was purchased in 1715 by the Corporation for £3,500 as a residence for the Lord Mayor.
Constructed by Sir Thomas Molyneaux as his Dublin residence, and a stylistic departure from the gabled Dutch Billies that had defined the city to date.
“As a characteristic and somewhat fantastic specimen of the houses of that period, we have prefixed an elevation of one which stood in Marrowbone-lane,
All that remains of St George’s Church, built in 1714, demolished in 1894.
In 1708, an act of parliament was passed which divided the parish of St. Nicholas Without and giving part of it the denomination of St.
The lower yard of Dublin Castle is built on a steep incline leading up to the upper yard. This posed problems for building so that the Chapel Royal to the south has a large undercroft and the range to the north is built on a terrace.
Now the headquarters of the Eastern Health Board, Dr Steeven’s Hospital was built to cater for the poor and destitute,
St Werburgh’s is named after Werburgh, Abbess of Ely who died around 700 AD.