1720 – St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St., Dublin
The original design for St. Ann’s Church,
The original design for St. Ann’s Church,
Designed as a folly for Drumcondra House and probably designed by Alessandro Galilei and built between 1718 and 1720.
In the eighteenth century as the Georgian streetscape of Dublin was being developed,
“We publish with present issue a perspective sketch of one of the many interesting old houses of the Queen Anne type to be found in that now almost deserted quarter of our city known as “The Liberties”.
Erected on a elevated pedestal on the upstream side of what was then Essex Bridge in 1722.
Riversdale House, probably originally had Dutch Billy gables, and was constructed entirely in stone rather than brick.
Designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce and was built in 1726 for Sir Marmaduke Coghill who had lived in nearby Belvedere House.
The Corn Market building was a long arcaded structure, the ground floor of which was completely open to the street.
Stillorgan Obelisk was built in 1727 at the instigation of Lord Allen,
In 1722 a centralised Linen Hall was proposed by the Linen Board and several sites around the city were considered and dismissed.