Earlsfort Terrace

Earlsfort Terrace
Aerial view of Earlsfort Terrace over the National Concert Hall
NamesakeJohn Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell
LocationDublin, Ireland
Postal codeD02
Coordinates53.3327941°N 6.2592947°W / 53.3327941; -6.2592947
north endSt Stephen's Green
south endAdelaide Road

Earlsfort Terrace is a street in Dublin, Ireland.

History
Alexandra College, circa 1890

In 1839 a row of houses on Leeson Street was demolished, which opened up a thoroughfare from St Stephen's Green to create Earlsfort Terrace. From 1843, building sites were leased by Lord Clonmell. The entire site, which had previously been occupied by Clonmell House, was purchased by Benjamin Lee Guinness. In 1863, Guinness then sold the site to the Dublin Exhibition and Winter Garden Company to be used for the International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures. Remnants of the exhibition building can still be seen in the National Concert Hall (NCH), which now occupies the site. The NCH building, dating from 1914, had been part of the University College Dublin campus, which was located on Earlsfort Terrace until the 1970s.[1][2]

The Georgian houses on the corner of St Stephen's Green and Earlsfort Terrace were demolished between 1964 and 1971 and were replaced with a collection of modern office blocks including Canada House designed by architect Brian Hogan.[3]

The Sheraton Hotel and numerous office blocks were built during the 1980s, on the former site of Alexandra College,[4] which occupied most of the side of the street.[5]

See also

References
  1. Casey 2005, p. 485.
  2. "Hall History". National Concert Hall. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. Casey 2005, p. 544.
  4. McDonald 1985, p. 274.
  5. "1889 – Alexandra College, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin". Archiseek - Irish Architecture. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

Sources

  • Casey, Christine (2005). Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-30010-923-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • McDonald, Frank (1985). The Destruction of Dublin. Gill and MacMillan. ISBN 0-7171-1386-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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