1756 – Nos 1-4 Kildare Place, Dublin
Architect: Richard Cassels / John Ensor
Originally Kildare Place consisted of four houses onto a small square bordered by Kildare Street.
1757 – Proposal for Bedford Square, Dublin
Bedford Square was intended as the first scheme of the Wide Streets Commissioners,
1757 – St. Mark’s Church, Pearse Street, Dublin
With its main entrance front facing onto Mark Street, St Mark’s is an interesting building set back from the street still within its grassy churchyard.
1758 – Designs for Two Chimney-pieces in Casino, Marino, Dublin
Architect: Sir William Chambers
“Chimney pieces in the Lord Viscount Charlemont’s casino at Marino”.
1758 – Statue of George II, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Sculptor: John Van Nost the Younger
This was the first statue to be erected in St.
1759 – Doorways of Hatch Street, Dublin
The Leeson family owned this area but they let sites to John Hatch,
1759 – Former Mercer’s Hospital, Dublin
Former hospital that was originally founded 1734. On 13th April 1742,
1759 – West Front, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: Theodore Jacobsen
Until recently it was assumed that two english architects Henry Keene and John Sanderson were responsible for the design of the main west front of Trinity College.
1760 – Dining Hall, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: Hugh Darley
In the 1740s Richard Cassels designed and built a Dining Hall on this site replacing an earlier structure.
1760 – Doorways of Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin
Named after the Fitzwilliam family, Earls of Merrion, who developed this land as part of their great estate on the southside of the Liffey.
