1719 – St. Werburgh’s Church, Werburgh Street, Dublin
St Werburgh’s is named after Werburgh, Abbess of Ely who died around 700 AD.
St Werburgh’s is named after Werburgh, Abbess of Ely who died around 700 AD.
Henrietta Street dates from the 1720s and was laid out by Luke Gardiner as his first venture. Gardiner, more than any other individual was responsible for turning Dublin into an elegant Georgian city.
The interior of No 9 Henrietta Street has an excellent staircase and hall and can be seen through the courtesy of the Sisters of Charity in the afternoons from April to September.
The original design for St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St., was never completed as designed here. Started in 1720,
Designed as a folly for Drumcondra House and probably designed by Alessandro Galilei and built between 1718 and 1720.
In the eighteenth century as the Georgian streetscape of Dublin was being developed, the castle was redeveloped also. A young architect believed to be Sir Edward Lovett Pearce redesigned the upper yard using the basic design inherited from Sir William Robinson.
“We publish with present issue a perspective sketch of one of the many interesting old houses of the Queen Anne type to be found in that now almost deserted quarter of our city known as “The Liberties”.
Erected on a elevated pedestal on the upstream side of what was then Essex Bridge in 1722.
Riversdale House, probably originally had Dutch Billy gables, and was constructed entirely in stone rather than brick. Constructed about 1725 by a Dublin lawyer called John Fitzpatrick who sold it shortly afterwards to a legal colleague,
Designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce and was built in 1726 for Sir Marmaduke Coghill who had lived in nearby Belvedere House.
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