Belvedere House, Dublin
Georgian townhouse in Dublin, Ireland
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Belvedere House is a historic townhouse located on Great Denmark Street bookending North Great George's Street in Dublin, Ireland. It was built by George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere between 1775 and 1786 at a cost of £24,000.[2] The design and stucco of the interior ceilings was carried out by Michael Stapleton, a leading stuccodor and craftsman of his time.[3] In 1841 it became a Jesuit college which houses the school Belvedere College.[4]
| Belvedere House | |
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Belvedere House in 2011 | |
 Interactive map of the Belvedere House area | |
Alternative names | Belvedere House |
General information | |
| Type | School administrative building and museum |
| Location | Great Denmark Street, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53.35544°N 6.26202°W |
| Groundbreaking | 1765 |
Completed | 1786 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Robert West, Michael Stapleton (Interior stucco work) |
| References | |
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It is allegedly haunted by the ghost of Rochfort's mother, Mary Molesworth, 1st Lady of Belvedere, who died there.[5]
Belvedere House is located near the Garden of Remembrance and James Joyce Centre.[6]
Building
The building is a detached symmetrical 5-bay, 4-storey over basement structure which was refaced in red brick in the 1950s. It has a rusticated Portland stone facade to the raised basement level. The balustrade of the first floor level is also faced in Portland stone while there is a granite parapet and frieze over the top floor.