1771 – Royal Irish Academy of Music No. 36 Westland Row, Dublin
The home of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, this is a fine building with attractive round-headed windows on the first floor.
Westland Row Dublin
Originally known as Westlands after William Westland who owned property in the area in the 18th century.
1834 – Westland Row Station, Dublin
Architect: William Dargan
Westland Row Station opened on 17 December 1834 as the city terminus of the Dublin &
1843 – St. Andrew’s Church, Westland Row, Dublin
Architect: James Bolger
After a tragic accident where masonry collapsed into a makeshift chapel, there was a groundswell of opinion towards the Catholics building new churches in Dublin.
1880 – Design for Concert Hall, Westland Row, Dublin
Architect: William Kaye-Parry
Designed to be constructed behind the Royal Irish Academy of Music on Westland Row by William Kaye-Parry,
1891 – Grosvenor Hotel, Westland Row, Dublin
Architect: William M. Mitchell
Mentioned in Ulysees and Strumpet City, the Grosvenor Hotel was sited directly opposite to the first Dublin train station,
1891 – Pearse Station, Westland Row, Dublin
Westland Row Station opened on 17 December 1834 as the city terminus of the Dublin & Kingstown Railway. Extensively rebuilt for the opening of the City of Dublin Junction Railway or Loop Line,
1891 – Railway Bridge, Westland Row, Dublin
When under construction the tracks on platforms 1 and 2 in the station had to be inclined to make the bridge.
1973 – Scheme for Office Tower, Pearse Station, Dublin
A proposal by CIÉ, in association with the Irish Life Assurance Company, for an office block at Pearse Station. The planned structure was to be 8 storeys above ground and 5 storeys above platform level.
2007 – Naughton Institute / Crann Building, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: RKD Architects / Wilson Architects
Occupying an irregular shaped plot bounded by the elevated railway line, the Naughton Institute contains research labs and a sports centre for the use of students.
