Marrowbone House
Marrowbone Lane, Robert Street South, Dublin 8, Dolphins Barn
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Marrowbone House
Marrowbone House is one of 181 buildings in Dolphins Barn the National Inventory rates Regional. Marrowbone House dates from 1935–1940. 78 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
An elegant early social housing scheme designed by Herbert George Simms, its form responds to the curve of Marrowbone Lane. The articulation of corners and the composition formed by the three blocks help to breakdown its scale.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50080239 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 50080239↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Dolphins Barn · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Marrowbone HouseStart here
- 2Guinness Brewery (building misc)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Guinness BreweryRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Guinness Brewery (office)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Guinness Brewery (office)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
5 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded houses near Dolphins Barn
“House, 130-130A Thomas Street, Dublin 8” in The Liberties is the nearest, at 400 m. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo.
Questions about Marrowbone House
Is Marrowbone House on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50080239).
Can you visit Marrowbone House?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Marrowbone House built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1935–1940.
Is Marrowbone House protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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