1863 – Proposal for Central Metropolitan Hotel, Dublin
Proposal by an investment company,
Proposal by an investment company,
Parts of the nave of the current church was constructed in 1770 on the site of an earlier church.
Built for an obscure christian sect,
In the 1860s the growth of the Presbyterian congregation and a substantial increase in rent on the Mary’s Abbey property made it desirable for the congregation to seek new premises.
Rathdrum railway hotel was built by the Dublin & South Eastern Railway as The Royal Fitzwilliam Hotel and opened on 26 October 1863.
Fine limestone facade with carved riverine keystones to the windows on the ground floor.
The winning entry in an architectural competition,
In 1861 Parliament passed the Dublin Waterworks Act creating a project to dam the River Vartry in Roundwood to form the Vartry Reservoir.
Fine small bank branch in an Italianate style with manager’s residence to the rear.
Designed in 1864 as a school of medicine beside the three northside hospitals (Brunswick,