O1634 : The Custom House
taken 11 years ago, near to Dublin, Ireland
The Custom House is a neoclassical 18th century building in Dublin, which houses the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. It is located on the north bank of the River Liffey, on Custom House Quay between Butt Bridge and Talbot Memorial Bridge.
The building of the Custom House for Dublin was the idea of John Beresford, who became first commissioner of revenue for Ireland in 1780. In 1781 he appointed James Gandon as architect.
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) maintains a central database of the architectural heritage of the Republic of Ireland covering the period since 1700 in complement to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, which focuses on archaeological sites of the pre-1700 period. As of 2020, there are over 40,000 records in the database, including buildings, monuments, street furniture and other structures. The NIAH dataset does not cover Northern Ireland.
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- Grid Square
- O1634, 762 images (more nearby )
- Photographer
- Lauren (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 30 December, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 22 January, 2022
- Geographical Context
- Primary Subject of Photo
- Building Type (from Tags)
- Place (from Tags)
- Subject Location
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Irish: O 163 345 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:20.9002N 6:15.1986W - Camera Location
- Irish: O 163 345
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)