1710 – Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin
It was Joshua Dawson who built the mansion in 1710, and which was purchased in 1715 by the Corporation for £3,500 as a residence for the Lord Mayor.
Dawson Street Dublin
This was named after Harry Dawson who laid out Dawson, Grafton, Anne and Harry Streets in the area.
1720 – St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St., Dublin
Architect: Isaac Wills
The original design for St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St., was never completed as designed here. Started in 1720,
1760s – No.8 Dawson Street, Dublin
No 8 Dawson Street is a very fine mansion house with considerable surviving mid eighteenth century joinery and decorative plasterwork that has been well maintained.
1760s – Royal Hibernian Hotel, Dawson Street, Dublin
The former Royal Hibernian Hotel dated back to 1751 as a pair of buildings making up a coaching inn, making it one of the country’s first hotels.
1860 – Victorian Shop Front, No. 36 Dawson Street, Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Fantasticly ornate shop front on Dawson Street. The facade now largely defaced by the addition of metal canopies for the bar inside.
1860s – No.55 Dawson Street, Dublin
Well maintained Georgian house surrounded by later buildings from the 19th and 20th centuries.
1867 – No.59 Dawson Street, Dublin
Architect: Alfred G. Jones
A former house converted into a commercial premises for J.B. Johnstone, military and merchant tailor.
1868 – Design for St. Ann’s Church of Ireland, Dawson Street, Dublin
Architect: Sir Thomas Newenham Deane
Designed in a Lombardo-Romanesque style, this building was never completed with the northern tower remaining without the ornate belfry designed for it.
1868 – St. Ann’s Church of Ireland, Dawson Street, Dublin
Architect: Sir Thomas Newenham Deane
The original church on this site by Isaac Wills, designed in 1720 but never fully completed,
1885 – Gregg Memorial Hall, 8 Dawson Street, Dublin
Architect: William Kaye-Parry
For some years with an additional floor added, this formed part of the Waterstone’s book shop which was next door on Dawson Street.
