1859
banks
Charles Geoghegan (1820 - 1908)
Dublin
Foster Place Dublin
Papworth & Geoghegan
Royal Bank of Ireland
Random Building
1854 – Upper House, Richmond District Lunatic Asylum, Dublin
1859 – Former Bank, Foster Place, Dublin
Architect: Papworth & Geoghegan
Before the formation of AIB, this was known as the Royal Bank. The exterior is fairly straight forward classicism with a good neo-classical porch added in 1850. It is the interior however that makes this building important – it has the finest banking hall in Dublin. This was added by Charles Geoghegan in 1859 at the rear of the building. It is a coffered barrel vaulted space top lit and supported by cast iron corinthian columns. A barrier between the banking hall and the street is created by a double height entrance hall. In 2002, this closed as a bank branch and is now owned by Trinity College Dublin.
Published February 16, 2010 | Last Updated June 21, 2024