Named after the Earls of Grafton who owned land in this area and developed by the Dawson family.
The Provost is the head of Trinity College and accordingly a sumptuous residence was provided. Originally the position was held until death with the next incumbent being elected by the fellows of the college.
Early home of the Royal Irish Academy, which had some minor work by Richard Johnston, and internal stuccowork by Charles Thorp.
The first home of the Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society) on Grafton Street. The architect Thomas Ivory was commissioned to design the museum inside the building,
Started in 1848 with a large extension a decade later, and Italianate in style. Gutted in the 1990s for Marks &
Fine shopfront, now demolished. Possibly designed by William G. Murray who designed the building or a later replacement shop front.
“The experiment which Mr. Digby Wyatt has tried in the design of the premises which we have selected for our principal illustration of the current week is one interesting enough to architects and archaeologists,
Redeveloped by Mitchell in 1870 for Rathborne’s as a shop and billiards room. The ground floor shop facade was originally a tripartite arrangement with a large window flanked by two doorways,
Fine commercial block at the corner of Grafton and Wicklow Streets. At one point, almost the entire block to Suffolk Street was the work of Mitchell –
Designed in 1879 by Thomas Manly Deane of T.N Deane & Son as offices for the Commercial Union Assurance Company,
Fine early 20th commercial premises with a decorative upper facade. It can be assumed that a similarly fine shopfront existed. Possibly the work of George P.
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