THE OLD ROYAL OAK Heritage

🏭 Heritage-listed building

Built: c.1860 · NIAH rating: Regional

Like many of the other buildings on the north side of Dame Street, this building maintains its graduated fenestration pattern, which creates a pleasingly balanced façade that is enhanced by good-quality nineteenth-century window surrounds. These, together with the late nineteenth century shopfront, add decorative interest to the building, and are indicative of continued development and changes in use. The oak panelled interior is reported to have been constructed in the mid-twentieth century from wood salvaged from the RMS Mauritania, a troopship that served in World War I. The ceiling gilded plasterwork lends considerable artistic interest. The mosaic threshold lettering provides contextual interest, as a reminder of the Humphry family, who purchased the pub in the 1920s. Dame Street derives its name from a dam which powered a mill on the River Poddle, and was of considerable importance during the eighteenth century as the thoroughfare between the Parliament House (now Bank of Ireland) and the Castle. The street was widened and remodelled by the Wide Streets Commissioners during the latter part of the eighteenth century.

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