1738 – Newman House, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Like Iveagh House further along St Stephen’s Green, Newman House is obviously two houses planted together due to the lack of a unifying facade.
Named after St Stephen’s Church and leper hospital that was sited in the vicinity of Mercer Street, the Green (as it is popularly known) is first shown on a map in 1655 when it is shown without boundaries. By the 17th century, it consisted of about 60 acres with access from a lane that later became Grafton Street. In 1664, the Corporation marked out twenty-seven acres and divided the remainder into lots for development, and by 1669 it was surrounded by a high stone wall.
By the 18th century, the four malls outside the Green had different names – North was Beaux Walk, South was Leeson’s Walk, East was Monk’s Walk, West was French Walk. The principal entrance to the park was directly opposite York Street. In 1814, Commissioners were appointed to improve the square, and enclose it with gates and railings, and only allow access to householders who paid a Guinea a year. In 1877 Sir Arthur Guinness, later Lord Ardilaun, engineered an Act of Parliament to place the area under the control of the Board of Works and re-opened it to the public in 1880.
Like Iveagh House further along St Stephen’s Green, Newman House is obviously two houses planted together due to the lack of a unifying facade.
Constructed between 1744-46 for the then Surveyor General, Arthur Jones Nevill. Llater divided into two separate premises, and shopfronts were also inserted into the Merrion Row facade.
This was the first statue to be erected in St. Stephen’s Green, and was commissioned by Dublin Corporation.
“The following is an extract from a note furnished to us many years since by the late John Swan Sloane CE a gentleman who contributed several papers to our journal.
Beautifully sited on St. Stephen’s Green, the building of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland was built in two phases.
Previously the congregation was based in Whitefriar St., but it was leased. After applying for a renewal,
One of two former clubs on Stephen’s Green, the United Services Club has an imposing presence on the green,
A small entrance porch in rich polychromatic brick marks the University Church between two Georgian houses.
Unsuccessful entry in competition to design a new Unitarian Church on St. Stephen’s Green. This entry by was described in The Irish Builder: “the materials proposed to be employed in its erection,
Iveagh House is now the Department of Foreign Affairs as it was donated to the Irish State by the Guinness family in 1939.