- Address
- 3 Aston Quay, Dublin 2
- Type
- Shop / retail outlet
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50020200
Blucaffe
3 Aston Quay, Dublin 2, Temple Bar
About Blucaffe
Blucaffe is one of 581 buildings in Temple Bar the National Inventory rates Regional. Blucaffe dates from 1930–1950. 317 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Aston Quay was laid out c.1680 on land reclaimed from the River Liffey and was named after Henry Aston, a Dublin merchant. The original buildings have been replaced over time and little fabric of early date survives.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50020200 · 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 · 50020200↗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
58 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 40
Other recorded inns and shops around Temple Bar
The list holds 5, all within 40 km and photographed. Start with KC Peaches in Temple Bar, 300 m away. Temple Bar holds 2 of these 5.
Questions about Blucaffe
Is Blucaffe on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50020200).
Can you visit Blucaffe?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Blucaffe built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1930–1950.
Is Blucaffe 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).