Aras an Uachtara (the President's House), Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect/Designer | Ensor, John (fl. 1730, d. 1787) |
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | Ireland |
City | Dublin |
Subject Date | 1757 |
Image Date | 1965 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Palladian |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/IRE/246 (ES2696.3) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Porticos ; Houses ; Stairs |
NOTES: The house was built as Phoenix Lodge in 1752-7 and purchased by the government in 1782 as a Vice-Regal Lodge which it remained until independence in 1922. In 1938 it became the official residence of the President of Ireland.
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