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3 Henrietta Street was the last of the great Henrietta Street Mansions to be developed and dates from c.1754 when Owen Wynne of Hazelwood, County Sligo married the Hon Anne Maxwell, daughter of John, first Lord Farnham who occupied No. 4 next door.
It is a protected structure, entered on the RPS Ref: 3650 and is located within a Conservation Area in the Historic Core of the City as defined in the Development Plan: It has been surveyed under the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage completed in 2016, Reg No: 5001D681, rated as being of ‘Regional Significance’ and cited as being of ‘Architectural, Artistic and Technical interest’.
Kelly and Cogan Architects were appointed in 2016 to act as conservation architects and design team leaders for the conservation, restoration and refurbishment of No. 3 as short-term let apartments.
Prior to our client’s purchase of the Building in 2016, it had fallen into dilapidation and had been severely compromised both structurally and in terms of its architectural integrity, by a series of tenement alterations and by neglect
The façade geometry is typical of the architecture of much of the Street and consciously replicates that language such that it is almost indistinguishable from its immediate neighbours. It has a fine Doric Portland Stone door-case with a closed pediment and incorporated a double height entrance hall and stairs to the front lit not only from the side window at ground level but also at the first floor in the first two window bays which light the upper level and gallery.
The plan form comprises a sophisticated three room plan circuit about the stairwell, ending triumphally in a bow shaped room incorporating exceptionally high quality coving plasterwork.
Originally the entrance hall was of two storeys, with the stairs rising to a first floor gallery. During the 19th century this staircase was removed and the space was subdivided into a narrow single storey entrance hall with a floor above. That double height space and stairwell has been reinstated as a part of the works.
Much of the original decorative and architectural features (albeit in very poor and precarious condition) survived including cornices and plasterwork throughout, as did the secondary staircase to rear, the internal architraves and significant portions of the dado rails and skirtings. The rococo stuccowork in the coved ceiling in the Bow Room to rear at first floor is particularly notable.
Phase 1: commenced in 2017 and involved close daily liaison with Dublin City Council’s Conservation Section and addressed the most urgent works to stabilise the structure, to re-roof the building, to repair the windows, carry our plaster repairs to walls, ceilings and cornices, to repair and repoint brickwork and the Portland Stone Doorcase (rare in Dublin).
Phase 2: was carried out between early 2018 and late 2019 and comprised the conservation, repair and adaptation of No. 3 Henrietta Street, to facilitate a change of use from multiple residential occupancy to use as Short Term Lease Apartments.
This project was highly complex and involved significant temporary and support works to enable restoration of decorative features and external fabric while intervening to structurally stabilise the building core fabric.
We were however particularly fortunate in that our clients were both highly expert in construction management and conservation and deeply committed to this project.
A particular challenge was in bringing the building into compliance with current building regulations to facilitate its change of use and lateral subdivision as apartments while at the same time retaining the legibility of the original design intent.
in November 2019 this project was the Winner of the Irish Georgian Society Conservation Award for 2019
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Henrietta Street, Dublin 1 |
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Date Of Construction |
1755 |
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Client |
Ian Lumley and Patrick Wigglesworth |
Location: Henrietta Street, Dublin 1
Date Of Construction: 1755
Client: Ian Lumley & Patrick Wigglesworth
