14 Henrietta Street

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14 Henrietta Street
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Henrietta Street, Dublin
14 Henrietta Street is located in Central Dublin
14 Henrietta Street
Location within Central Dublin
EstablishedSeptember 2018
Location14 Henrietta Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland
Coordinates53°21′08″N 6°16′13″W / 53.3523486°N 6.2701543°W / 53.3523486; -6.2701543Coordinates: 53°21′08″N 6°16′13″W / 53.3523486°N 6.2701543°W / 53.3523486; -6.2701543
TypeTenement, Georgian
Website14henriettastreet.ie
Entrance to 14 Henrietta Street in August 2011 (before restoration)

14 Henrietta Street is a museum located on Henrietta Street in Dublin, Ireland. It opened in September 2018.

History[]

Construction of Henrietta Street began in the 1720s, on land bought by Luke Gardiner.[1] Numbers 13, 14 and 15 were built in the late 1740s by Gardiner as a speculative enterprise.[2] Number 14's first occupant was Lord Richard Molesworth and his second wife Mary Jenney Usher.[3] Other notable residents in the late 18th century included Lord John Bowes, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Sir John Hotham, and Viscount Charles Dillon.[3]

After the Act of Union in 1800, Dublin entered a period of economic decline. 14 Henrietta Street was occupied by lawyers, courts and a barracks during the 19th century.[4] By 1877, a landlord called Thomas Vance had removed its grand staircase and divided it into 19 tenement flats of one, three and four rooms.[3] An advert in The Irish Times from 1877 read: "To be let to respectable families in a large house, Northside, recently papered, painted and filled up with every modern sanitary improvement, gas and wc on landings, Vartry Water, drying yard and a range with oven for each tenant; a large coachhouse, or workshop with apartments, to be let at the rere. Apply to the caretaker, 14 Henrietta St." By 1911, it was home to over 100 people.[4] The last families left the house in 1979.[4]

Restoration work began in 2006 and took over ten years to complete.[4] 14 Henrietta Street is owned and was restored by Dublin City Council, but is operated by the Dublin City Council Culture Company.[5] The house has been restored to show the original Georgian period through to its final incarnation as a tenement.[4]

Gallery[]

  • Shelf of household products

  • Replica of a tenement living room

References[]

  1. ^ Craig, Maurice (2006) [1952]. Dublin 1660–1860. p. 129. ISBN 1-905483-11-2.
  2. ^ Shaffrey Associates Architects; John Montague, Architectural Historian; Carrig Conservation Ltd; Dr. Tracy Pickerill; Lee McCullough & Partners, Consulting Engineers; Boylan Farrelly, Quantity Surveyors; Henrietta Street Conservation Plan Dublin City Heritage
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Restoring 300 years". 14henriettastreet.ie. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "First Look: Inside 14 Henrietta Street – Dublin's newest museum". Irish Independent. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. ^ "About us". 14henriettastreet.ie. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

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