1806 – Trinity College Botanic Gardens, Ballsbridge, Dublin
In 1806, Trinity College took a lease on two acres of land at Ballsbridge,
Ballsbridge
Originally mud flats and marsh, with roads converging on a village located around a bridge (Ball’s Bridge) over the Dodder river. After the Royal Dublin Society moved to Ballsbridge in 1879, the Earl of Pembroke began to develop his lands into suburban residential housing.
1834 – Hammersmith Ironworks, Ballsbridge, Dublin
Described in Lewis “A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland” as “Near the village are the Hammersmith iron-works,
1856 – St. Stephen’s Schools, Northumberland Road, Dublin
Architect: Deane & Woodward
Now converted into a small hotel and bar,
1864 – St Bartholomew’s Church of Ireland, Clyde Road, Dublin
Architect: T.H. Wyatt
On a wonderful leafy corner site in the heart of suburban Ballsbridge,
1870s – Epworth Hall, Winton Rd., Ballsbridge, Dublin
Substantial Victorian villa on large grounds, previously Winton House,
1879 – Former Pembroke Town Hall, Merrion Road, Dublin
Architect: E.H. Carson
Now used by the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee,
1880s – House, Burlington Road, Dublin
Remnant of one of the fine Victorian mansions that once lined Burlington Road.
1880s – Tullamaine, Sussex Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin
One of several larger villas removed for the construction of the Burlington Hotel –
1882 – Former Masonic Girl’s School, Merrion Road, Dublin
Architect: McCurdy & Mitchell
The former Former Masonic Girl’s School was redeveloped by Bewleys as an hotel in the 1990s,
1884 – Pembroke Housing, Shelbourne Road, Dublin
Architect: H.E. Fitzgerald
Fine houses in a small cul-de-sac off Shelbourne Road,
