René
04-04-2009, 03:29 AM
Georgian Dublin is a phrase used to describe a historic period in the development of the city of Dublin from 1714 (the beginning of the reign of King George I of Great Britain and of Ireland) to the death in 1830 of King George IV. During this period, the reign of the four Georges, hence the word Georgian, covers a particular and unified style.
Dublin was for much of its existence a mediæval city, marked by the existence of a particular style of buildings, built on narrow winding mediæval streets. Though the city over the century had grown around the River Liffey, its buildings as in many other mediæval centres backed onto the river, often allowing for the dumping of household waste directly into the river, it being a form of collective sewer. As Dublin's quays underwent development, the Earl of Ormonde insisted that the frontages of the houses, not their rears, should face the quay sides, with a street to run along each quay. By this one development, Ormond changed the face of the city. No longer would the river be a sewer hidden between buildings. Instead it became a central feature of the city, with its quays lined by large three and four storey houses and public buildings, such as the Four Courts & the old Custom House.
http://admin.clikpic.com/bruuner/images/Fitzwilliam-Square.jpg
Georgian Houses line Fitzwilliam Square
http://admin.clikpic.com/bruuner/images/Green-Ivy.jpg
The most photographed door in Dublin - note the Iron Work in the frames from the 19th Century. This type of work would only have been available to the very wealthy at the time...
http://admin.clikpic.com/bruuner/images/H-Weld-Shoe-Scraper.jpg
Head on, this metal object on the step does not look like much, side view reveals a H weld which was used to scrap the horse much off ones shoes before entering the home of the wealthy owner.
Below, lines of Georgian houses on Leeson Street in Dublin. After the rich English landlords were forced to flee during the war of independence against the British, large Irish families would move into the buildings and take 1 room per family.
http://admin.clikpic.com/bruuner/images/Leeson-Street.jpg
Dublin was for much of its existence a mediæval city, marked by the existence of a particular style of buildings, built on narrow winding mediæval streets. Though the city over the century had grown around the River Liffey, its buildings as in many other mediæval centres backed onto the river, often allowing for the dumping of household waste directly into the river, it being a form of collective sewer. As Dublin's quays underwent development, the Earl of Ormonde insisted that the frontages of the houses, not their rears, should face the quay sides, with a street to run along each quay. By this one development, Ormond changed the face of the city. No longer would the river be a sewer hidden between buildings. Instead it became a central feature of the city, with its quays lined by large three and four storey houses and public buildings, such as the Four Courts & the old Custom House.
http://admin.clikpic.com/bruuner/images/Fitzwilliam-Square.jpg
Georgian Houses line Fitzwilliam Square
http://admin.clikpic.com/bruuner/images/Green-Ivy.jpg
The most photographed door in Dublin - note the Iron Work in the frames from the 19th Century. This type of work would only have been available to the very wealthy at the time...
http://admin.clikpic.com/bruuner/images/H-Weld-Shoe-Scraper.jpg
Head on, this metal object on the step does not look like much, side view reveals a H weld which was used to scrap the horse much off ones shoes before entering the home of the wealthy owner.
Below, lines of Georgian houses on Leeson Street in Dublin. After the rich English landlords were forced to flee during the war of independence against the British, large Irish families would move into the buildings and take 1 room per family.
http://admin.clikpic.com/bruuner/images/Leeson-Street.jpg