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Regional rating (NIAH)
1890–1910
Address
1-3 Parliament Street, Dame Street, Dublin 2
Type
Shop / retail outlet
NIAH reg. no.
50020032
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Thomas Read

1-3 Parliament Street, Dame Street, Dublin 2, Temple Bar

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 581 rated Regional in Temple Bar
SShop / retail outletBBuilt 1890–1910
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About Thomas Read

Thomas Read is one of 581 buildings in Temple Bar the National Inventory rates Regional. Thomas Read dates from 1890–1910. 389 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

Due to its considerable scale and situation at a major urban junction, this building makes a formidable impression on the streetscape.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50020032 · 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 · 50020032↗

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

Temple Bar · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies

Around it

99 within 150 m

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

Show the other 81
RegThe Front Lounge43 mRegCrests and Arms45 mRegHouse, 10 Parliament Street, Dublin 247 mRegBrogan's Bar51 mRegParliament Street Medical Practice53 mRegPost box, Dame Street, Palace Street, Dublin 255 mRegHouse, 31 Parliament Street, Dublin 256 mRegOffice, 1 Exchange Court, Dublin 257 mRegLes Freres Jacques58 mRegCorfu58 mRegThe Olympia Theatre (house)63 mRegMezza63 mRegHouse, 2 Palace Street, Dublin 264 mNatDublin City Council65 mNatThe Olympia Theatre (house)68 mRegTurks Head Chop House / Paramount Hotel (public house, house)73 mRegBeshoff Brothers73 mRegDublin Castle (Cork Hill Gate)73 mRegDolphin House77 mRegDublin Castle (Palace Street Gate)78 mNatDublin Castle (Office of the Comptroller and Audit78 mRegTurks Head Chop House / Paramount Hotel79 mRegTurks Head Chop House / Paramount Hotel80 mRegTurks Head Chop House / Paramount Hotel80 mRegArlington Hotel84 mRegDublin Castle (former Chief Secretary's Office)85 mRegDublin Theatre Festival87 mRegWorkshop, 21 Sycamore Street, Dublin 287 mRegAllied Irish Bank (bank / financial institution)88 mRegBeirut Express / Falafel Lounge88 mRegDublin Castle (guard house)89 mRegStore, 20 Sycamore Street, Dublin 289 mRegConnolly Books/The New Theatre91 mRegHouse, 26 Parliament Street, Essex Gate, Dublin 293 mRegDublin Castle (Justice Gate)96 mRegThe Czech Inn96 mRegOffice, 21-25 Lord Edward Street, Dublin 296 mRegSin97 mRegCiao Bella Roma, The Bridge House98 mRegCheng Hair Salon98 mNatDublin Castle (Bedford Tower)102 mRegCiao Bella Roma, The Bridge House103 mRegAbrakebabra104 mRegDublin Castle (former Privy Council Chamber)105 mRegProject Arts Centre106 mRegThe Porter House108 mRegOxfam Books109 mRegShop, 13 Dame Street, Dame Lane, Dublin 2109 mRegHouse, 65 Dame Street, Dublin 2110 mRegGaiety School of Acting111 mRegMemories Bridal Boutique Dublin113 mRegDi Fontaine's New York Pizzeria114 mRegShop, 14 Dame Street, Dame Lane, Dublin 2116 mRegPeadar Kearney's Pub116 mRegDublin Castle (gates / railings / walls)117 mRegDwarf Jar Coffee118 mRegPrint works, 2-5 Wellington Quay, Essex Street East, Dublin 2119 mRegBad Bobs120 mRegSunlight Chambers121 mRegShop, 15 Dame Street, Dame Lane, Dublin 2122 mRegStir Crazy / Sub City125 mRegThe Clarence Hotel126 mSMRDublin Castle (Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle)126 mRegDublin Castle (North-west Range)126 mRegShop, 16 Dame Street, Dame Lane, Dublin 2130 mRegThe Workman's Club (house)131 mNatDublin Castle (Record Tower)134 mRegThe Workman's Club (house)134 mRegIrish Film Board136 mRegShop, 17 Dame Street, Dame Lane, Dublin 2136 mNatDublin Castle (State Apartments)138 mNatChapel Royal138 mRegBison Bar139 mRegThe Picture Rooms143 mRegHouse, 33-34 Essex Street East, Sycamore Street, Dublin 2143 mRegCrackbird / Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe145 mRegPresbytery, 7 Lower Exchange Street, Dublin 8145 mNatDublin Castle (State Apartments Entrance Block)146 mRegHouse, 13 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2147 mRegSmock Alley Theatre (church / chapel)148 mRegFriends Meeting House / Paul Ryan Music / Eustace Street Buildings149 m
More like it

Recorded inns and shops around Temple Bar

Temple Bar holds 2 of these 5. Start with KC Peaches in Temple Bar, 200 m away. The list holds 5, all within 40 km and photographed.

Questions about Thomas Read

Is Thomas Read on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 50020032).

Can you visit Thomas Read?

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

When was Thomas Read built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1890–1910.

Is Thomas Read 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).