1798 – The Pantheon Phusitechnikon, Kildare St., Dublin
“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.
“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.
Unsuccessful entrant in competition to design a new College of Physicians on Kildare Street. McCurdy was awarded the sum of fifty pounds for his efforts.
Originally Kildare Place consisted of four houses onto a small square bordered by Kildare Street.
One of the entries to design a new National Museum and Library around Leinster House,
An unexecuted competition design by Dublin architect G.P. Beater to design a complex of museum and library around Leinster House,
An unexecuted design, awarded Second Place after an architectural competition to design a complex of museum and library around Leinster House (then part of the Royal Dublin Society).
Completed in stages from 1886 by T.N. Deane & Son, the hall was constructed first in 1886.
An unexecuted design after an architectural competition to design a complex of museum and library around Leinster House (then part of the Royal Dublin Society).
Former gateway to Leinster House which terminated the vista of Molesworth Street from Dawson Street. Demolished with the development of the National Museum and Library adjacent to Leinster House in 1883.
A fine Victorian interior lies behind this reproduction facade. Originally constructed with a facade of Scottish sandstone,