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Regional rating (NIAH)
1915–1920
Address
5-6 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1
Type
Shop / retail outlet
NIAH reg. no.
50010538
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Prosperity Chambers

5-6 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 450 rated Regional in O'Connell Street
SShop / retail outletBBuilt 1915–1920
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About Prosperity Chambers

Prosperity Chambers is one of 450 buildings in O'Connell Street the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Prosperity Chambers to 1915–1920. 320 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

This three-bay building forms the central part of a block of six similarly detailed buildings with the symmetry lost to the southernmost building. Designed by John Joseph Robinson along with No. 7, as part of part of the reconstruction of O’Connell Street following the extensive destruction of the 1916 Rising.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50010538 · 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 · 50010538↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

O'Connell Street · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies

Around it

90 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

Show the other 72
RegHouse, 67 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 157 mRegTheatre, 62 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 157 mRegZumo Juice Bar57 mRegHouse, 68 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 158 mRegDunnes Stores (shop / retail outlet)59 mRegShop, 33 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 160 mRegHouse, 69 O'Connell Street Upper, Henry Street, Dublin 160 mRegNice Price61 mRegHouse, 61 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 161 mRegHammam Buildings64 mRegHouse, 60 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 165 mRegShop, 32 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 166 mRegDublin Bus71 mRegShop, 31 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 172 mRegHouse, 33 Henry Street, Henry Place, Dublin 176 mRegBoyer’s Department Store77 mRegShop, 58 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 178 mRegShop, 30 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 178 mRegShop, 57 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 184 mRegShop, 29 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 184 mRegBonavox Hearing Aids85 mRegShop, 34 Henry Street, Henry Place, Dublin 188 mRegBollard, General Post Office90 mRegGuineys (house)90 mRegBank, 28 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 192 mNatSaint Mary's Catholic Pro-Cathedral93 mRegShop, 35 Henry Street, Dublin 194 mRegShop, 55-56 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 194 mRegShop, 36 Henry Street, Dublin 1100 mNatGeneral Post Office103 mRegHouse, 85 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1105 mRegHouse, 84 Marlborough Street, Cathedral Street, Dublin 1105 mRegHouse, 37 Henry Street, Dublin 1106 mRegThe Confession Box107 mRegMeteor107 mRegHouse, 89 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1108 mRegShop, 15 Earl Street North, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1110 mRegSavoy111 mRegShop, 38 Henry Street, Dublin 1112 mRegHouse, 14 North Earl Street, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1114 mRegCinema, 52-54 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1115 mRegShop, 39 Henry Street, Dublin 1119 mNatClery and Company121 mRegJim Larkin Monument124 mRegHouse, 92 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1126 mRegGate lodge, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1127 mRegHouse, 40 Henry Street, Dublin 1127 mRegCinema, 18 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1127 mRegHouse, 28 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1129 mRegHouse, 93 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1129 mRegPro-Cathedral House130 mRegGPO Arcade130 mRegHouse, 1 Talbot Street, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1131 mRegHouse, 94 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1133 mRegShop, Moore Street, Henry Street, Dublin 1134 mRegStables, Henry Place, Dublin 1135 mRegShop, 2 Moore Street, Dublin 1135 mRegShop, 3 Moore Street, Dublin 1136 mRegShop, 4 Moore Street, Dublin 1137 mRegHouse, 1A Talbot Street, Dublin 1137 mRegOffice, 19 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1137 mRegHouse, 95 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1137 mRegHouse, 82 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1137 mRegLinda's Hair Extension Studio138 mRegPost box, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1139 mRegInternet Café/Elegant Nails/Cash 4 Gold140 mRegHair World/Toys For All142 mRegHouse, 2 Talbot Street, Dublin 1142 mRegHouse, 81 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1142 mRegHouse, 23 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1142 mRegHouse, 80 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1147 mRegHouse, 2A Talbot Street, Dublin 1148 m
More like it

Recorded inns and shops around O'Connell Street

1 of the 5 are in O'Connell Street itself. The nearest is Clery and Company in O'Connell Street, 100 m away. Within 40 km, 5 have a photo.

Questions about Prosperity Chambers

Is Prosperity Chambers on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 50010538).

Can you visit Prosperity Chambers?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Prosperity Chambers built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1915–1920.

Is Prosperity Chambers 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). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).