1870 – No.31 Dame Street, Dublin
Built on a narrow Wide Streets Commissioners plot,
Built on a narrow Wide Streets Commissioners plot,
This bank was formerly the Munster and Leinster Bank and was designed by Thomas Deane in 1872 basing the design on the Museum in Trinity College of almost twenty years before.
Remodeled in 1897, this is, internally,
Now rendered, the building was finished in brick and sanstone dressings upon completion.
The former Burton’s Store on the corner of Dame and South Great George’s Streets is one of the most expressive and exciting facades in the city.
New modern facade placed on four existing buildings including the previous head office of 1936 designed by Vincent Downes for the same company.
An unbuilt concept for a new Central Bank of Ireland on Dame Street.
Reproduction building after the original was demolished to make way for the Central Bank.
Another one of Sam Stephenson’s buildings that was to attract a lot of criticism both for its height and original roofline (in contravention of the Planning Permission) and for its brash appearance in Temple Bar.
In 1999 the city architect Jim Barrett commissioned David Mackay,