An exploring walk, looking closer at historic archiecture around Georges St, Drury, Clarendon, South William Streets area of Dublin.
Discussion topics includes an early 18th century hospital, a hidden priory, Victorians churches and market halls, and several of Dublin’s best art nouveau and art deco shopfronts.
Practical details: Meet 11AM at Luke Kelly statue, King’s Street and we will give you your sound kit. Walk starts 11.15AM sharp
Walk concludes outside Powerscourt Townhouse centre, South William Street, ending between 12.30 and 12.45PM approx.
General Info
Organiser
Dublin Decoded
About
Dublin Decoded runs history and architecture walking tours of Dublin, led by Arran Henderson.
Arran is an independent architectural historian, and local historian who has appeared on radio and TV, consulted for several films, and has written many pieces for various papers and journals over the last 25 years.
The walking tours touch on many diverse aspects of history and local history, but typically have a strong emphasis on the buildings, including notes on design, on materials, and architects, on the evolving street-plan, and the historic reasons behind such evolution.
The walks have been used by many architects, planners and other professions, for unstructured CPD points.
Places of learning such as Syracuse University and Liverpool School of Architecture, among others, have arranged field trips around Dublin Decoded walks.
Dublin Decoded run both public and private tours.
The public tours are noted for their mixture of good fun and accessibility, blended with erudition and insight.
Private tours have the same mix and may also additionally be customized when necessary.
Instagram
@dublindecoded
Twitter
@dubdecodedtours
About
Dublin Decoded runs history and architecture walking tours of Dublin, led by Arran Henderson.
Arran is an independent architectural historian, and local historian who has appeared on radio and TV, consulted for several films, and has written many pieces for various papers and journals over the last 25 years.
The walking tours touch on many diverse aspects of history and local history, but typically have a strong emphasis on the buildings, including notes on design, on materials, and architects, on the evolving street-plan, and the historic reasons behind such evolution.
The walks have been used by many architects, planners and other professions, for unstructured CPD points.
Places of learning such as Syracuse University and Liverpool School of Architecture, among others, have arranged field trips around Dublin Decoded walks.
Dublin Decoded run both public and private tours.
The public tours are noted for their mixture of good fun and accessibility, blended with erudition and insight.
Private tours have the same mix and may also additionally be customized when necessary.
Instagram
@dublindecoded
Twitter
@dubdecodedtours