- Address
- 1-7 Crampton Quay, Bedford Row/Asdill's Row, Dublin 2
- Type
- Shop / retail outlet, apartment / flat (purpose-built)
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50020165
Crampton Buildings
1-7 Crampton Quay, Bedford Row/Asdill's Row, Dublin 2, Temple Bar
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Crampton Buildings
Crampton Buildings is one of 581 buildings in Temple Bar the National Inventory rates Regional. Crampton Buildings dates from 1890–1895. 355 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The Crampton Buildings were built for the Dublin Artisans’ Dwelling Company by James Beckett & Sons, relatives of the writer Samuel Beckett. The DADC was established by the Dublin Sanitary Association to help alleviate the housing crisis in the city by providing houses for the tradesmen and skilled workers of the city.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50020165 · 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 · 50020165↗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
- 1Crampton BuildingsStart here
- 2Temple Bar Laundry and Dry CleanersRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Thomas J. Coleman and Co. Ltd.Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Bank of Ireland (parliament house)International rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Irish Stock ExchangeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
57 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 39
Near Temple Bar: more houses on the record
All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. The nearest is “House, 12 Grafton Street, Dublin 2” in St Stephen's Green, 400 m away.
Questions about Crampton Buildings
Is Crampton Buildings on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50020165).
Can you visit Crampton Buildings?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Crampton Buildings built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1890–1895.
Is Crampton Buildings 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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