Harcourt Terrace

Harcourt Terrace is a well preserved Georgian and Victorian street located in Dublin City, Ireland. It links the Grand Canal at Charlemont Place with Adelaide Road, near the National Concert Hall.

Harcourt Terrace
Native name Ardán Fhearchair  (Irish)
Namesake Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt
Location Dublin, Ireland
Postal code D02
Coordinates 53.33225126175829°N 6.258087330480619°W / 53.33225126175829; -6.258087330480619
north end Charlemont Place
south end Adelaide Road, Harcourt Road

According to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Harcourt Terrace, built around 1830, is "acknowledged as Ireland’s finest surviving group of Regency houses". The decoration on the terrace is based on the Parthenon marbles, an exhibit in the British Museum since 1816. The terrace was built by Charles Jaspar Joly, son of Jean Jaspar Joly, private secretary to Lord William Fitzgerald. Michael MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards lived in No. 4 Harcourt Terrace.[1]Nos. 1 to 11 and 21-22 Harcourt Terrace are Protected Structures.[2]

The artist Sarah Purser had a studio in No 11. Harcourt Terrace.[3]

The director of the National Library of Ireland, Thomas William Lyster lived at No. 11.[4]

The building in which the current Wilder townhouse resides was built 1878 as a nursing home for retired governesses. Up until the late 1970’s Michael MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards were residents of Harcourt Terrace .[5]

Parthenon frieze section at 7 Harcourt Terrace
Plaque at Sarah Purser's Studio, 11 Harcourt Terrace

See also

References
  1. FUSIO. "4 Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. "Dublin City Development Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. FUSIO. "10, 11 Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. FUSIO. "10, 11 Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. "Historic Hotel in Dublin | The Wilder Townhouse, Dublin". www.thewilder.ie. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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