- Address
- Peter Street, Whitefriar Street, Dublin 8
- Type
- Hospital / infirmary
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50110019
Adelaide Chambers
Peter Street, Whitefriar Street, Dublin 8, Temple Bar
About Adelaide Chambers
The National Inventory rates Adelaide Chambers Regional, one of 581 in Temple Bar. Its record dates Adelaide Chambers to 1870–1880. 130 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This well-composed Italianate building retains its classical façade, embellished by the addition of varied window treatments. A high level of skilled artisanship is evident in the execution of the stucco window surrounds and cornice, which articulate its form.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50110019 · 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 · 50110019↗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
Temple Bar · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies















- 1Adelaide ChambersStart here
- 2Flanagan'sRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Whitefriar GrillRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Charles ByrneRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Leitrim HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
16 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Other recorded public buildings around Temple Bar
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Start with An Taisce in The Liberties, 500 m away.








Questions about Adelaide Chambers
Is Adelaide Chambers on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50110019).
Can you visit Adelaide Chambers?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Adelaide Chambers built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1870–1880.
Is Adelaide 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).
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