Belvedere House is a historic townhouse located on Great Denmark Street bookending North Great George's Street in Dublin, Ireland. It was built by George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere between 1775 and 1786 at a cost of £24,000.[1] The design and stucco of the interior ceilings was carried out by Michael Stapleton, a leading stuccodor and craftsman of his time.[2] In 1841 it became a Jesuit college which houses the school Belvedere College.[3]
| Belvedere House | |
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 Belvedere House in 2011 | |
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| Alternative names | Belvedere House |
| General information | |
| Type | School administrative building and museum |
| Address | Great Denmark Street |
| Country | Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°21′20″N 6°15′43″W / 53.35544°N 6.26202°W |
| Groundbreaking | 1775 |
| Completed | 1786 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Robert West, Michael Stapleton (Interior stucco work) |
It is allegedly haunted by the ghost of Rochfort's mother, Mary Molesworth, 1st Lady of Belvedere, who died there.[4]
Belvedere House is located near the Garden of Remembrance and James Joyce Centre.[5]
Building
editThe building is a detached symmetrical 5-bay, 4-storey over basement structure which was refaced in red brick in the 1950s. It has a rusticated portland stone facade to the raised basement level. The balustrade of the first floor level is also faced in portland stone while there is a granite parapet and frieze over the top floor.
References
edit- ^ "Belvedere College, 6 Denmark Street Great, Dublin, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Lucey, Conor (2007). The Stapleton Collection: Designs for the Irish neoclassical interior. Tralee: Churchill Press. ISBN 978-0-9550246-2-7.
- ^ "A Tour-de-Force". The Irish Aesthete. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Hopkins 2003, p. 21.
- ^ "Take a walking tour around Dublin with these 10 landmarks from Irish novels". stuff.co.nz. 3 September 2019.
- Bibliography
- Hopkins, Frank (2003). Rare Old Dublin: Heroes, Hawkers & Hoors. Mercier Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-86023-154-4.