Established
Built between c.1790 and c.1810.
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Built: c.1790 · NIAH rating: Regional
Westmoreland Street was developed by the Wide Streets Commission, between 1799 and 1805, to create a thoroughfare from OConnell Bridge to Trinity College. The street facades were prepared by Henry Aaron Baker (1753-1836). This building, a purpose-built retail unit with a mezzanine level and residential accommodation over, was part of Bakers scheme, and in scale and massing it retains a strong sense of the overall design . It underwent alterations, to designs by Robinson, Moore, Keefe & Donnelly in 1917, to serve as the offices of the Freemans Journal. During the nineteenth century,...
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Established
Built between c.1790 and c.1810.
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Westmoreland Street was developed by the Wide Streets Commission, between 1799 and 1805, to create a thoroughfare from OConnell Bridge to Trinity College. The street facades were prepared by Henry Aaron Baker (1753-1836).
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