1868 – Crown Life Assurance Co., Dame Street, Dublin
Architect: Thomas Newenham Deane
Designed by Sir Thomas Newenham Deane in 1868 and modeled on the London head office of Crown Life,
Designed by Sir Thomas Newenham Deane in 1868 and modeled on the London head office of Crown Life,
Designed in a Lombardo-Romanesque style,
The foundation stone was laid April 19th 1867,
Built on the site of the townhouse of their first Grandmaster,
Occupying the corner of Glenworth Street and Baker Place, and originally known as the Philisophical Buildings,
Constructed for William Jury, proprietor of Jury’s and Shelbourne hotels,
Published in The Irish Builder, Vol.
Previously known as Rockfield until rebuilt in 1860 by Colonel J.G.
Later facade and tower added to earlier chapel for the Magdalen Asylum at the foot of Leeson Street.
Selected design after an architectural competition to design a school for the advancement of Methodism.