1790s – Mount Street, Dublin
Probably named after the mount of Gallows Hill, which lay between here and modern Baggot Street which, was known as Gallows Road in 1757 and is shown in Rocque’s map of 1756.
Mount Street Dublin
Probably named after the mount of Gallows Hill, which lay between here and modern Baggot Street which, was known as Gallows Road in 1757 and is shown in Rocque’s map of 1756. There are confusingly two Mount Streets near each other but which do not intersect or meet, Upper and Lower Mount Streets, as well as Mount Street Crescent into which the Upper street opens.
1821 – St Stephen’s Church of Ireland, Mount Street, Dublin
Architect: John Bowden
Centred in the middle of Mount Street Crescent, St Stephens’ is better known to Dubliners as the Peppercanister due its distinctive spire.
1917 – Proposal for NUI Senate House, Mount & Fitzwilliam Streets, Dublin
Architect: W.G. Clayton & Keatinge
A series of illustrations for the National University’s proposed Headquarters at the corner of Merrion Square,
1978 – Clancourt, Mount Street, Dublin
Architect: Austin Murray
Grotesquely offensive scheme whose long bland elevations and repetitive detailing do much to deaden Mount Street.
1978 – Clanwilliam Court, Mount Street, Dublin
Architect: Austin Murray
One of the schemes that kick-started the wholesale destruction of Lower Mount Street, Clanwilliam Court is very much a design product of its time.
