1738 – Newman House, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Like Iveagh House further along St Stephen’s Green,
Like Iveagh House further along St Stephen’s Green,
In 1739, the 19th Earl of Kildare employed Richard Castle to build the existing house replacing an earlier buildng.
Built for the provost of Trinity College, John Hely Hutchinson, it was later acquired in the 1750s by the Fitzgeralds,
Originally built in 1740 as a hunting lodge for Robert Rochfort,
Designed by Richard Cassels, the obelish is 140 feet high and is composed of several arches,
Just outside the village of Enniskerry,
Behind St Peter’s Church of Ireland are these attractive houses built as a refuge for widows of clergy.
Cassels designed this Dublin town house for Marcus Beresford,
The Obelisk bears the inscription: “Last year being hard with the poor,
The construction on the house began in 1717,