| Name: |
BRYCE, DAVID # |
| Building: |
CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE GREEN, NO. 028 (NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.) |
| Date: |
1866-1868 |
| Nature: |
New office also housing Electric and International Telegraph Company.. 'The structure partakes of the mediaeval style, with elaborately-moulded cornices and window dressings, large pilasters continuing the entire height of the building, sumptuous projecting gargoyles, and elegant balustrades. The ground floor ofice is furnished with enormous plate-glass windows.' Contractor: Crowe & Sons. (Demolished, 1974). |
| Refs: |
Photograph in National Monuments Record of Scotland, XS 282; DB 7, ? ? 1865, 280; B 24, 24 Nov 1866, 871; Irish Times, 28 Sep 1868; V. Fiddes & A. Rowan, David Bryce (1976), 102; www.scottisharchitects.org.uk
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