General Information: This elevation for a terrace of four five-storey houses on the north side of Dame St., incorporating shops at ground level, was approved by the Wide Streets Commission on 14 March 1832, with the proviso that ‘The fronts to be built of the best Grey Stone Brick’. (See annotation on elevation). A section gives the height of each storey between joists, and indicates the presence of cellars beneath the building.
The two houses on the right (with return to Fownes St.) were built by Michael Henry Connolly, a Dublin merchant. These houses (now no. 46-7 Dame St.) were subsequently rebuilt in the Dublin Venetian style and feature a series of long ascending windows on the gable end, facing Fownes St. The two houses on the left (with return to Crow St.) were built by Adam Calvert, a grocer and wine merchant, with an address at 38 Thomas St. These houses are still standing (now no. 48-9 Dame St.). The terrace shown in this elevation was well underway by August 1832 when building was interrupted briefly by a short dispute between Connolly and Calvert over occupancy of the cellars. On completion, the buildings were used mainly as office accommodation.

On reverse: ‘Dame Street: plan and elevation’.

Approved: 14 March 1832
Architect: Patrick Byrne and Son
Scale: 50’: 9” Size: 15” x 22.5”
(scale bar) 38.5 cm x 56 cm
Paper (one sheet, no watermark); ink; watercolours